It's weird how time can change something you thought would always stay the same.

If I’d stopped believing that my life would eventually get better, I don’t think I would have survived high school.

I'm not sure if our friendship is strong enough to survive into next year when we’re away at college. But. We know each other in a way that no one else can. We share a history that makes us permanently connected. So I have to hope for us. All I can do is hope.

There are some things I can't control, & that's just the way it is.

What do you call it when two people have intense shared history? when nothing can separate them? Soul Sisters

Apparently, it used to be extremely common for families to have two parents. They stayed together because that’s what all the other parents did. Now there are so many options, so many different ways to be a family. So many ways to rip a family apart.

Tobey puts the CD on. Then he comes over and hugs me. I lean my head on his chest. 'I want to know everything about you,' he whispers.