I miss video games where the jump-kick was the trickiest combo to master.

Rejection always hurts, but having it come from my best friend was the worst.

You can't stop the future You can't rewind the past The only way to learn the secret ...is to press play.

How many times had I let myself connect with someone only to have it thrown back in my face?

You told me I wrote that poem because I was afraid of dealing with myself. And I used my mom as an excuse, accusing her of not appreciating or accepting me, when I should have been saying those words into a mirror.

I take a slow sip of lukewarm coffee, reopen the book, and read the words scribbled in red ink near the top: Everyone needs an olly-olly-oxen-free.

Maybe if I forgot things once in a while, we'd all be a little bit happier.