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I became a firefighter because I wanted to save people. But I should have been more specific. I should have named names.

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There are all sorts of losses people suffer - from the small to the large. You can lose your keys, your glasses, your virginity. You can lose your hea...more

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I woke up one morning thinking about wolves and realized that wolf packs function as families. Everyone has a role, and if you act within the paramete...more

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and he suddenly knew that if she killed herself, he would die. Maybe not immediately, maybe not with the same blinding rush of pain, but it would happ...more

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She puts her hands on either side of my face, and the room falls away. I have never gotten so lost in a kiss before. And then, the space between us ex...more

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I realize that I quite like this girl. It’s not just that she’s so pretty the words fly out of my mind before they can leave my mouth—it’s that when w...more

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Isn’t that what true romance is supposed to be about? Finding the person who’s your soul mate. Someone you dream about at night.Someone whose name is ...more

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...courage wasn’t something you were bequeathed at birth, and it wasn’t a lack of fright. It was overcoming your fear, because the ones you love matte...more

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Was that all it took to be brave? Knowing that someone believed in you?

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But there’s a part of me that wonders what it would be like to be the most important person to someone else, to always feel like you were missing a pi...more

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but it seems to me that growing up means you stop hoping for the best, and start expecting the worst. So how do you tell an adult that maybe everythin...more

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Home is not a place, but rather, the people who love you.

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Isn’t that what true romance issupposed to be about? Finding the person who’s your soul mate. Someone you dream about at night. Someone whose name is ...more

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Would you give up your vengeance against someone you hate if it meant saving someone you love? Would you want your dreams to come true if it meant gra...more

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I told myself that if I didn't care, this wouldn't have hurt so much - surely that proved I was alive and human and all those touchy-feely things, for...more