Category: relationships

After I became pregnant, I decided to go all in with Jeremy. I wanted my child to have both parents active and involved in their life. Jeremy was nice enough, and I knew he was safe. We got along for the most part. He wasn’t a big talker, but that was okay—I talked enough for…

Hey, guys. I wanted to check in to let you know that I’ve taken a bit of a respite. The content was—and still is—hard. It has been difficult to relive, and even harder to sleep at night. I have vivid dreams of my teenage years and my childhood home, and none have been pleasant. There…

After the dear John letter, I threw almost everything he gave me away. I gave the life-sized teddy bear to my nephew and took the block off the phone to hear a familiar voice. Gino eventually called. He wasn’t the same. His underlying tone was bitter. While I was busy playing Sandy Olsson from Grease…

When I was a kid, I had an aunt who would come over and tell us she was coming to get us for a sleepover on the weekend. She would talk about all the fun things she had planned for my sister and I. She promised to pick us up after work that Friday at…

Finally, the day before prom, she called and said she was still working on the dress but only had a few finishing touches left. The day of prom, I still had no dress. Two hours before Derrick was supposed to arrive, she brought the dress over in a black garbage bag. It was wrinkled and…

What did I just hear? The way he said it was as if he were placing the blame for both of these men’s actions squarely on my 15-year-old shoulders. Everyone was pointing the finger at this point, so I guess it was now my turn to take some of the blame. I was used to…

Gino and I didn’t feel as close anymore after what happened. I felt shame and tried my best to get back to the old me. At the time, I didn’t know I would never be the same. Gino was still sweet, but it felt like he no longer saw me as innocent or as “his…

This series has been pretty intense thus far. I want to give you a breather from “Dark New World” that was rough. I also want to apologize for my life. I know an apology is not necessary, and many of you may not want it, but those of you who weren’t expecting such raw material…

**trigger warning** Things got better between us. School was finally going smoothly, and I settled into a routine with him. I would go to his house every other weekend and stay home during the week. I did my schoolwork while at school and talked on the phone at night. One weekend, I decided to wear…

The following weekend, my mom was home with my sister and the new baby, so I went to Gino’s house to escape the constant suffocation of grief. My sister found out about our father after getting home with the baby. I’ll never forget it. She got out of my aunt’s van, I took the baby,…