Out with the old, in with the new.It seems as though I was just meeting you.So much has happened in the twelve months we've been acquainted.I've changed for the better, though my heart had been tainted.You saw the pain I felt and the tears I cried.You saw the suffering that I tried to hide.Losing a best friend is hard to do.So imagine how I felt when I lost 42.Growing up with the same people...

Why do people think they can just do whatever they want, and say whatever they want, regardless of how it affects others? Freedom of speech is one thing. And bullying someone to the point of them thinking suicide is their only option, does NOT fall under the category of freedom of speech. Are you really so insecure with yourself that you need to make others feel so small? What reward do you...

So..after watching the ABC Family Original Movie entitled "Cyberbullying", I felt I needed to share with all of you something that has been on my heart.Before you read any further, I would like to say that I understand and respect fully the Constitutional right known as Freedom of Speech, and I welcome the diversity of opinions I believe everyone is entitled to.But there is a difference between...

I waited by the phone for you to call.But you never did. I never heard from you at all.I thought you would write me, like you promised you would.But I guess I'm not worth it, I guess I'm no good.I guess I should start from the beginning so you will know how I feel.Do you remember that first day? I know I always will.I was lost in the store, but I had been lost for longer than that.You smiled at me...

So, NBC's "The Voice" pretty much had me at Adam Levine. And then hooked me with Javier Colon's sweet croons.Words can not describe their duet of "Man in the Mirror".Actually, there is one word...GIGGITY!So, my guiltiest pleasure has been "The Voice", and I was really impressed with it at first. FINALLY, someone recognized talent over looks...but then, the inevitable happened. It turned into...

"They say that true love hurts.. Well, this could almost kill me. Young love murdered-that is what this must be... But I can't handle it when I turn out my night light..."~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~The first cut is the deepest.So is the second. And the third. And certainly the fourth.This line-up of guys I involved myself with has not exactly been filled with WINNERS. Quite the opposite, in fact.There was...

Jean Paul Richter once said, "The words that a father speaks to his children in the privacy of home are not heard by the world, but, as in whispering-galleries, they are clearly heard at the end and by posterity."I have yet to hear words that ring truer than that. Any man can be a father, but it takes a special man to be a father. My biological father was never in the picture, nor has he ever...

Okay, so watching Pretty Little Liars (yes, I love that show-haters come at me!!) and I've come to a sad realization: Student-teachers are really sort of pathetic.While dating your more mature, extremely attractive teacher seems like a win...it's not.Why is this amazing teacher interested in a much younger love interest? Not arguing with your beauty and/or awesomeness, but COME ON.Once you, as...

The only boy who could ever teach me was the son of a preacher man.This summer is off to a slow start. I have been working ten hour days, which translate into zero sun time for me. I am so pale, I could probably join some sort of vampire community at this point.I feel like my life is slipping through my fingers.What am I doing with all my time? I am always doing something, but it feels like none...

I am so tired.Sleepy. Sleepy. Sleep.I hope your day has been wonderful and you smiled at least twenty times today. At least.And in case you forgot or someone forgot to tell you, YOU LOOKED BEAUTIFUL TODAY. Because you are beautiful. Inside and out.YESSSSS YOUUUUU!You are the bees knees.God never makes mistakes, but he must have been smiling big when he made you because you are beyond perfect.I...

Fact: Sometimes people say mean things.But how you react matters so much more than hasty words of anger or jealousy.You can retaliate hate for hate, blowing the situation up further. Or you can respond to hate with love, and are therefore able to be at peace with the situation.You never know what others are going through, the pain their hearts and souls have suffered.Smile. Radiate happiness. Be...

...LAUGHTER.Love is important, but without laughter there is no happiness or joy.Zach Galifinakis is pretty much one of my favorite people. So is Will Ferrell. See also: Steve Carrel, Gerard Butler, and Dane Cook. ALSO THE LONELY ISLAND.I love anyone that can make me laugh. OH VINCE VAUGHN. He's hilarious.I'm watching this movie called Visioneers right now, starring Galifinakis. I absolutely...

..so leave a message at the tone, because today I swear I'm not doing anything.I turned on MTV so they can teach me how to Dougie, but instead I found a Real World: Las Vegas marathon. And since Zito, our little hometown superstar, is on it...I guess I have to support him by watching it.Oh, the joys of a fresh summer. Lazy days soaking up the sun and reading. I spend Sunday-Friday working and...

Why is it that when you are home alone at night, the wind blowing has the possibility of being a burglar?Fear, according to Webster, is "an unpleasant often strong emotion caused by anticipation or awareness of danger."What causes this irrational, silly emotion? Perhaps, in order to better understand fear, we must first examine what fear is not..Fear is NOT from God. "for God gave us a spirit not...

,,,after all, there are tons of fish in the sea?Personally, fish are friends not food. And I definitely am not taking any fish out of the friend zone. Just saying. I know that was cheesy, and I apologize. I also apologize in advance for future cheesiness.Is it just me or does anyone else only fall for the completely unavailable? My favorites are unattainable. And when they are, I lose interest....