Six Words

“He likes me, broken and all.”

& Daddy

My step-father was “Big Antoine” until one day I felt left out and I just wanted a dad. Little old me just knew it worked that way. My brothers and sisters had parents and I just had mom. My step-father has many faults but not being a dad to his children has never been one….

Yesterday’s Poem

It’s been two years, three months and five days since our last breakup. We were for real this time. This time there wasn’t any “I’m sorry” or “We’ll do better next go around.” We just gave up. We gave up on the daily texts and the hourly how was your day recaps. What we had…

& Unwritten

I thought about calling but I knew your wouldn’t answer. I keep you in prayers before I fall asleep. I still think about you dream about you as if we still speak. It weird because even when I don’t like you I love you. I’ll never be able to give my everything to someone the…

& In Case

Strong enough to leave you But weak enough to need you Cared enough to let you walk away I took that dirty jacket From the trash right where you left it ‘Cause I couldn’t stand to see it go to waste “In Case” –Demi Lovato

& Texts From Last Night

Texts from Last Night I love you. I miss you but I don’t want you back. Not being friends is hard. Maybe we could work if we tried again.  Maybe we unraveled again because we had too many loose threads. Too many secrets, too many people, not enough of “I’ll try.” “I’ll trust you. We’ll…

& I Was Supposed to Blog Today but life happened.

I spent most of today playing with my little munchkins and by munchkins I mean my nine year old nephews. I insisted we play soccer and quickly called time out coming to the realization that I’m not in shape. We had fun though. & Other Realizations I’ve been talking to my ex again lately. We’ve…

& Maybe Technology Has Made Dating a Bit More Complicated

  Text messaging has to be one of the worst ways to get to know someone that you’re interested in dating. Text messaging leaves so much room for interpretation and it doesn’t seem as personal as picking up the phone and calling someone or going to a movie together. I think I’m going to make…