All I could do is lie there and think about how much her voice changed when she asked me if she was pretty, and how much she changed when I answered.

I love my mom. And this time, I told her I loved her. And she told me she loved me, too. And things were okay for a little while.

Old pictures look very rugged and young, and the people in the photographs always seem a lot happier than you are.

To tell you the truth, I've just been avoiding everything.

The gift from my Secret Santa wasn't anything special. That makes me sad. I bet you anything that Mary Elizabeth is my Secret Santa because only she would give me socks.

He was the boy that made mix tapes with themes and hand-colored covers until the day he hit my sister and stopped crying.

Bridget who is crazy said that sometimes she thought about suicide when commercials come on during TV. She was sincere and this puzzled the guidance counselors.