Prior to being bullied, I was a very footloose sixth-grader. You know, I was quirky, I was creative - I really felt good in my own body. And when I was bullied in seventh grade, my self-esteem tanked.

Never underestimate yourself

On Valentine's Day, the Spirit Club plastered the school with red streamersand pink balloons and red and pink hearts. It looked like Clifford the Big Red Dog ate a flock of flamigoes and then barfed his guts up.

But it there's anything I've learned in the past few months, it's that the only thing that's certain in life is that nothing in life is certain.

The one thing I do remember is that as I retraced my steps through all the familiar streets of my life, Inow felt completely lost.

You know how I feel about love. It was invented to sell wedding cakes. And vacations to Waikiki.

Sometimes we make decisions about our life and they feel like the right decision at the time. No, they are the right decision at the time. But that doesn't mean they'll be the right decision forever.