Maybe it's good to put things in perspective, but sometimes, I think that the only perspective is to really be there.

How about your favorite book?" "This Side of Paradise by From. Scott Fitzgerald." "Why?" "Because it was the last one I read." This made them laugh because they knew I meant it honest, not show-off. Then they told me their favorites, and we sat quiet.

So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.

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

Calls her beautiful, but she cannot hear.

For me personally, as much as I don't understand my mom and dad and as much as I feel sorry for them sometimes, I can't help but love them very much.

You can't just sit there and put everyone's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You just can't. You have to do things.