Stories of Loss

I thought it was over.  The bad thoughts, the lonliness, the tossing and turning late at night wishing I could just be done and gone rather than face what’s going on in my head.  I used to have so many friends there was never a bleak moment.  Now all that’s left is me.  The thought of you is what really hurts the most.  It wasn’t always like this.  When we found each other, I had finally found someone like me.  Two broken people who didn’t have to be that way anymore.  We helped each other…we were happy. 

The thought of building a life together was the only thing keeping […]

I looked up to him, I wrapped my small hand around one of his fingers as we walked. We were so much alike, and in my eyes we were two peas in a pod. As I grew older I pulled away as I grew into my own, and started becoming more independent. My parents were together a very long time and to me seemed so great together. Things were hidden from me though, things about my dad I didn’t know. Like his mental illnesses, and his depression problems. To me, he was fine. He took care of us financially, we were always participating in family […]