Most people, it seems like they've only got one part of the equation down. Caring for themselves, or caring for someone else. And I'v learned how important it is to have both.

I don't get why prom is like a mini-wedding these days...No one should spend that kind of money for a high school dance.

Beaches, music, and car rides—they could all bring on a sudden bout of deep, dreamy thoughts.

A person could leave you so quickly. So much history and time and memories, but they snuck away from you, and other things took their place. How could you hold on? Wait. A bigger question. The biggest. How could you hold on and let go?

I kept trying to talk myself out of my second thoughts when they were trying to help me. My advice? When it comes to relationships, second thoughts should be promoted.

I could forget that part, but it had to have been true.

You were a stone wall, a fort in high, unreachable trees, an island, my own island, that no boat could reach.