When I was younger, I read a fairytale about two princesses who were bestowed gifts by faeries when young.  The older would grow up to be the prettiest girl in the world but also extremely dumb/stupid. The younger would grow up to be extremely ugly, but also grow up with extreme wit and intelligence.  Eventually the younger charmed everyone with ( Read more... )

I'm so scared that I can't do this.  That I'm going to fail miserably and in front of him ( Read more... )

Last year near my birthday, between my dad's surgery and being busy with work while feeling perpetually lonely, I think I reached a peak in my depression. I don't think anyone noticed. And people asked me why I deactivated my facebook, but none of them really wanted to care too much or take it seriously that I could be depressed/sad, so they ( Read more... )

Cancer--I know so little about it. It's something I thought existed in movies, something I wouldn't have to deal with in my life. Surprisingly, coping with someone having cancer is more about life and how it's affected than anything else ( Read more... )

I want to be a kinder person (to the point where I don't have to doubt). Where to begin? A more open heart, less hiding behind fears of being hurt even if I know I will get hurt,...

How should I put it? After the accident I was involved in during 12th grade, I distanced myself from some relatives because I felt that they didn't care, didn't care enough about whether I was alive or dead to at least give me a phone call asking how I was. One of those was an older cousin...I had always felt that he and I used to be close, so ( Read more... )