(mother)" She used to tell me to get my nose out of my book and go get some fresh air.

Things certainly aren't the way you imagine them when you're a kid and dreaming big dreams about what your life as a grown-up will look like.

We are one of those couples i used to watch, thinking to myself that I'd never be on the inside of something so special. I remember reassuring myself that it probably looked nicer than it actually was, I am happy to be wrong about that.

Surely he knows we are all watching. That I am watching. It is always that way when you are in a group and someone decides to go for a swim or walk to the water. The ocean is a giant stage. It is natural that the others watch, if only for a moment.

Writing a teen character is something I wanted to try again for a long time!

My head spins as I glance away, refusing to get sucked back into his gaze when so much is at risk.

Change can be good but its always tough to let go of the past