At every wedding someone stays home.

There were so many levels to the unknown, from safe to dangerous to outright nebulous, scariest of all.

Eventually, it wasn't even your dad I wanted, just anybody. Anybody at all.

Editing is hard but nowhere NEAR as tough as facing that blank page and blinking cursor each day. You're all alone and no one else can do it. At least with editing you have someone in the trench with you.

If someone is really close with you, your getting upset or them getting upset is okay, and they don't change because of it. It's just part of the relationship. It happens. You deal with it.

Change is inevitable, though," he replied. "As is disappointment. Best to get used to it now.

Pretend to be a delinquent?" I asked clarifying. "You can do it," Dave advised me. "Just don't smile, and try to look like you're considering stealing something.