To The Boy Who Wanted To Be ‘Just Friends’

How can I give myself completely to someone who will not return the favor? If I told you all these things I would seem weak and desperate, and you liked me better when I was sassy and resistant.

A Father Isn’t Necessarily A Dad

But when I was younger, when all the missed birthdays and Thanksgivings, dance performances and piano recitals couldn’t keep you from being fresh to death and sick as cancer, all I wanted was for you to fit.