Be kind. Give people the benefit of the doubt. Try hard with family and friends, and if you mess up, do your best to make reparations.

( That's the present. The following is the past and the lead-up. )

My uncle Paul's funeral programI've lost a lot of people for someone my age - 14 over the past 10 years. Mostly family; a big family means lots to lose, I guess. I've been lucky, though, in that I only lost someone truly close to me twice. Each of the 14 people was important, of course, and I remember every one, but important and close are not the ( Read more... )

Nothing makes me feel more like an asshole than writing about all the shitty things I've done to my friends. Especially considering that it wasn't a comprehensive list.

I'm sorry. To everyone.

Dear Person Who Wrote The Prompts ( Read more... )

You know what is fabulous? Not only have I done 6 days in a row, thus completing 20% of the meme, I also remembered 3 of the missing songs from my soundtrack!

Oh, and yeah, I know 20% isn't a lot, or really much to brag about at all, but it's still good for me. Especially given the amount of words involved. So, I'm going to bask in my (tiny)

I've been mulling over this entry all day, and not getting very far. In fact, I'm finding this one so difficult that I actually looked up the definition of hobby, in the hopes that it would provide some guidance. Unsurprisingly, it did not tell me anything new - no guidance there. So here I sit at 9:39 pm, with 2 hours and 20 minutes to come up ( Read more... )

Love means always sincerely saying you're sorry, and always being willing to sincerely hear you partner's apologies.

I'm not saying everything has to be forgiven. I'm certainly not saying that people should stay in bad/unhappy relationships. What I am saying is that pride and anger can't take precedence over love.

( That's the gist of it. The important part. The rest is for those who want more than the gist: )

Today's prompt is annoyingly vague. The words "Your Music" just don't offer nearly enough direction. What part of "my music?" My likes and dislikes? My musical abilities? What music means emotionally/philosophically/spiritually to me? How many gigs of it I have on my hard drive ( Read more... )

My parents were very good friends before they started dating. Of course, they became friends only because when they met (at a Sadie Hawkins dance) my dad had a girlfriend, so my mom took what she could get. Mind you, she wasn't trying to steal him away, she just genuinely liked him. In fact, when my dad broke up with his girlfriend (for my mom, but ( Read more... )

Emily ( Read more... )