Friday, March 25, 2011
I wasn't always this hopeful. I can remember being twelve years old and sobbing over on my bed. I was tormented by the thought that I would never be able to love. I had grown to depsise my mother for everything she was worth. That night Leon and I were playing cards at the table while our parents... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
learning to love
Siblings have always been my motivator through life. Whether it be my half siblings, step siblings, cousins who were like brothers, and the two brothers I gained through adoption. Each one still stands as the most important people in my life. Leon was born a week before my seventh birthday. I... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
the spider's web
When people hear about my story they generally ask what event sparked it. What one moment was it that turned your entire life around? It baffles them to know that there was no real beginning, and will there even be an end? Every decision we make, every turn of life we experience, every moment is... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
the first memory
I spend hours tying together memories that string through my thoughts. Which came first, which have been altered by suggestion. As I grow older more of my memories dwindle, but the few that stick to my dreams are what haunt me everyday. My earliest memory was when my mother locked me in an attic for... Sign in to see full entry.