That's because you're interpreting it the wrong way. I didn't mean it as a wistful, overdramatic declaration. I mean that the love I felt for him was huge and real, and, while painful, it forever changed me as a person, in the same way that being your brother reflects and changes how I evolve, and vice versa. The important people in our lives leave imprints. They may stay or go in the physical realm, but they are always there in your heart, because they helped form your heart. There's no getting over that.

When in doubt, ingest carbs.

There’s no such thing as ready,” she says. “There’s only willing.

Answer all the questions that I'm too afraid to ask

Well what's in your Amazonian hope chest?

How would I ever know when that moment was right, when expectation met anticipation and formed...connection?

Wow. I feel like in this riot of people, I have been kicked in the stomach, but by the giddy police. Forget about the need for oxygen. My mouth wants to go back to the place it just left.