When you're living your life in endurance mode, you don't expect anything good to happen. I'm not saying that you don't dream about some miracle that would change everything for the better. But you pretty much know it's only a fantasy, and that you have no real control over anything.

Such a bad mistake it would be, to embark on marriage and adult life without a nice supply of duct tape.

If it ought to be done, then apply yourself to it strenuously

No. It's actually not okay. And I hate when people say that, when they say it's okay even though it's not. It's better to tell the truth.

We formed the fellowship of the ring when we should've all just gone on medication

From all of us Scarborough girls, greetings and thanks. This task required two, working together, trusting each other. It required the "us," not the "I." For that is true love, is it not?

I'm not saying I'm glad it happened. Not exactly. But I'm not sorry to be the person I am today, and to have the life I have now. Even though it's not what I thought I wanted for my future, a year ago, it is what I want now.