There's nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons.

I wasn't raised very religiously because my parents went to Catholic school, but I do believe in God very much. I just never gave God a name, if you know what I mean. I hope I haven't let Him down regardless.

I don’t want to start thinking again. Not like I have this last week. I can’t think again. Not ever again.

Well, I think that part of being young is not exactly knowing why you do some of the things that you do. And it's by exploring your life or experimenting or making mistakes and learning from them hopefully that you start to forge an identity.

Despite everything my mom and doctor and dad have said to me about blame, I can't stop thinking what I know. And I know that my aunt Helen would still be alive today if she just bought me one present like everybody else. She would be alive if I were born on a day that didn't snow.

Everyone is special in their own way.

Even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there.