Fifteen… Fourteen…

The clock is ticking and the countdown is on. Another new year full of fresh promise and endless opportunities lays before us. We are about to begin the first pages of a brand new book, with the power to pen each chapter for ourselves.

At least, that’s what I’ve told myself year after year. As I’m sure a lot of us have.

When I ( Read more... )

“Those who can, do. Those who can’t, teach.”

That’s how the old saying goes anyway and I guess it’s true since I tried and couldn’t - and now I teach. In a manner of speaking, anyway. It’s more like I’m pursuing my passion - my obsession really - and I transfer that passion and obsession onto my students.

I tap my baton on the lectern and five ( Read more... )

I was ten.I looked up to my parents. I believed them when they told me things. I mean, they were my family and knew what was best for me, right? Surely they were right when they would tell me I was dumb. When they said I was lazy and useless. They knew what they were talking about when they told me nobody would ever love me. Or when they said I was ( Read more... )

“You son of a bitch ( Read more... )

“Two seconds,” he says. “That’s all. Just two seconds. We’ll start small ( Read more... )

To Whom It May Concern ( Read more... )

Leading a revolution isn’t the easiest thing in the world to do. But if you ever want things to change, somebody needs to step up and lead the charge. That’s a lesson I learned in eighth grade and it all started with five fateful words that changed the trajectory of my young life.

“Somebody needs to take him down.”

I never meant for that person to ( Read more... )

Forrest Gump’s mother was an idiot. Love it not like a box of chocolates. It’s more like a carton of milk left on the kitchen counter - eventually, it’ll curdle, spoil, and make you sick to your fucking stomach.

That’s not the quote. She said life, not love is like a box of -

“Shut up,” I scream, clapping my hands to my ears. “Just shut the fuck ( Read more... )