Emotional stuff – How To Get Over a Breakup

Unexpected Challenges

I showed up 15 minutes early. I was ready. I wore the clothes I needed to wear, had my mind in the right place, and was waiting for this girl whom I had connected with over a questionable dating app. She said she would meet me here at the high school at 7. Keep inContinue reading “Unexpected Challenges”

Missing You In Hot Water

“Let us rather run the risk of wearing out than rusting out.” – Theodore Roosevelt There’s something peculiar about hot water. We as human beings use it in every facet of our lives. We use it to cook our food, we use it to brew our coffees and teas, and lastly we even use itContinue reading “Missing You In Hot Water”

If You’re Reading This…

If you’re reading this I want to let you know I miss you. I miss all of the times we had. I miss when I would come over to your apartment, and life seemed simple then. I miss the moment I met you, at the library, while it was hot. You were wearing a bigContinue reading “If You’re Reading This…”

Standing Up For What’s Right

Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest. – Mark Twain We were sitting at the lunch table, and I watched as other people mocked him, humiliated him, and called him names. They were being mean to him, for absolutely no reason other than he looked a little different thanContinue reading “Standing Up For What’s Right”

Missing Her

Women are made to be loved, not understood. – Oscar Wilde, Irish poet Remember when you used to come over and swim in my parent’s pool? Those days were the hottest I can remember, but your beauty compensated for the sweltering heat. I would wait for you to get off work and get done nannyingContinue reading “Missing Her”

Being Lucky

I think we consider too much the luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm. – Franklin D. Roosevelt I had just met a girl I really liked. She was young, seemed smart, was nice to me, and was attractive. She was agreeable, and seemed to be okContinue reading “Being Lucky”

Lust

Lust is the cause of generation -Leonardo Da Vinci You are much younger than me, only 19. That bothers me some, because I am a lot older than you and know that maturity matters. You seem quiet, innocent, but you are very cute. I can’t help but find you attractive. I get to know you,Continue reading “Lust”

The Sacrifice Made By Others

….we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender… – Winston Churchill It’s Europe 1945. You and your buddies are in a tank battalion sent to Europe to fight off thousandsContinue reading “The Sacrifice Made By Others”

What Happened To You?

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on. -Franklin D. Roosevelt We were in love and at your apartment. You were unlike any girl I have ever dated before. You looked different. You acted different. You were more attractive. You were undescribingly unique. I was excited andContinue reading “What Happened To You?”

Return and Beginning of 2021

Fall seven times, stand up eight. -Japanese Proverb It has been a long, rough year for our world. A bat, (or some similar animal) carried a virus to human beings that spread from China to our country and completely changed our way of living. But, like going through a breakup, when we encounter great hardshipContinue reading “Return and Beginning of 2021”

The Ride

It never gets easier, you just get faster. – Greg Lemond, professional cyclist, three-time winner of the Tour De France It’s Summer. I feel the wind rush through my hair and across my body. I feel alive. I feel free. I feel good. My heart is pumping but not too hard. I see the sunsetContinue reading “The Ride”