Sweetened ice tea is one of the things I love about the South, right up there with homemade biscuits and cheese grits.

I do not expect to get what I want, so I don't. And I don't even try.

I try to recognize that there is no such thing as having it all - and it's impossible to be perfect. You just have to let certain things go.

You can run but you can't hide

Really-nothing is unforgivable if you truly love someone.

We both have a lot of growing-up to do... A lot of the world to see & figure out on our own." -- Leo

Anxiety was not an emotion I could ever remember feeling when I went out in New York, and I wondered why tonight felt so different. Maybe it was because I no longer had a boyfriend or fiance. I suddenly recognized that there was safety in having someone, as well as a lack of pressure to shine. Ironically, this had cultivated a certain free-spiritedness that had, in turn, allowed me to be the life of the party and hoard the affection of additional men....But that had all changed. I didn't have a boyfriend, a perfect figure, or alcohol-induced outrageousness to fall back on.