(mother)" She Used To Tell Me To

We Are In Love And Meant To Be Together.

Anxiety Was Not An Emotion I Could Ever Remember Feeling When I Went Out In New York, And I Wondered Why Tonight Felt So Different. Maybe It Was Because I No Longer Had A Boyfriend Or Fiance. I Suddenly Recognized That There Was Safety In Having Someone, As Well As A Lack Of Pressure To Shine. Ironically, This Had Cultivated A Certain Free-spiritedness That Had, In Turn, Allowed Me To Be The Life Of The Party And Hoard The Affection Of Additional Men....but That Had All Changed. I Didn't Have A Boyfriend, A Perfect Figure, Or Alcohol-induced Outrageousness To Fall Back On.

The Person Who Wants Out Of The Relationship Always Gets Her Way.

Luck Is Buying A Lottery Ticket Along With Your Yoo-hoo And Striking It Rich. Nothing About My Life Is Lucky- It Is All About Hard Work, It Is All Uphill Struggle.

That's How Life Is. Sometimes There Are Happy Endings, Sometimes There Aren't, And More Often There Are Shades Of Gray.