Out of the blue, I decided to call my parents to ask my father a question, and my mom answered telling me that he's in the hospital again. Not even a month ago he was in there, and now he is again. She tells me it's no big deal, that the doctors just have to find the right amount of medication to give him, but it's eating at my nerves ( Read more... )

Just started my new job this week. And dumped my boyfriend ( Read more... )

I have two female roommates. Jennifer, who's 27, full blooded Chinese, but is tall (5'7) and gorgeous, and Andrea, 23, from Wisconsin, who's got incredibly beautiful long brown hair (below her waist!) and equally gorgeous. Not only are they perfect roommates and fabulous friends, but the three of us live like Carrie, Samantha, Miranda, and ( Read more... )

You're half-way there. When you touch me like this, softly...sweetly running your fingers along my cheek, or absent-mindedly running your fingers through my hair, it hurts me. Because you're half-way there ( Read more... )

In sunny California, today's chilly weather seemed depressing and odd for a summer day. It's even gusty outside. Yet it's the brightest day I've had in months. And I finally feel freeThis morning, I woke up at 9AM, unsure what to do with myself. You see, for the first time in over four weeks, I didn't wake up to a frightening phone call bearing ( Read more... )

I went to Borders today to do some reading, and as I sat down at a cafe table, surrounded by students studying for SATs and finals, I heard the man next to me whispering frantically. Curious, I listened closer. But he might as well have been speaking Klingon. I heard a familiar number here or there, but other than that, what he was muttering is ( Read more... )

Last year, at the age of 22, I underwent an enormous transformation and growth. With the help of intuitive and caring souls, I learned to forgive myself for childhood horrors I experienced and to let go of my need to be perfect ( Read more... )