I’ve been feeling something else. Like I’m about to be sucked into something powerful and painful.

How is it possible that a boyfriend ceases to exist from one day to another?

You can have your wishes, your plans, but at the end of the day, it's out of your control -Mia

One day she told me that they'd decided that my gender was divvied into two neat piles-Men and Guys. Basically, all the saints of the world: Men. The jerks, the players, the wet T-shirt contest aficionados? They were Guys.

Sometimes fate or life or whatever you want to call it, leaves a door a little open and you walk through it. But sometimes it locks the door and you have to find the key, or pick the lock, or knock the damn thing down. And sometimes, it doesn’t even show you the door, and you have to build it yourself.

We are like Humpty Dumpty and all these king's horses and all these king's men cannot put us back together again

You know, I thought about that a lot these last couple of years," She says in a choked voice. "About who was there for you. Who held your hand while you grieved for all that you'd lost?