You've always had a good grasp on what's right and wrong. You just have a hard time admitting that sometimes you choose the wrong.

Seize the day, take hold of it, and make it whatever you want.

I don't believe that. I don't believe that there are bad things about you. Only things that you think are bad.

I just let the pain take over, allowing it to numb the pain of being left behind.

You don’t forget. You just move past it. Let go. Be who you were supposed to be instead of who they make you feel like you should be

I love you, Ella May and nothing will ever change that. You can push me away -run away – and I will still love you.

The vertical lines that run down his forearms are the most disturbing, thick and jagged as if someone took a razor to his skin. I wish I could run my fingers along them and remove the pain and memories that are attached to them.