Tag: camping

  • Bonfire

    The warmth of the fire did not lessen the ice forming in the pit of my stomach.  I knew to get what I wanted, I would have to temporarily abandon the woods and the bonfires I dearly loved.  I knew following my dreams required me to be in the city for a few short months…

  • The Lone Moon

    The brighter the moon, the happier I was.  I did whatever I could during the weeks so I could sleep outside under the stars over the weekend.  Sometimes I went with friends and sometimes I went by myself.  I never told my parents when I went by myself as I knew they would first try…

  • Camping Out

    “He always told me he never had a hero.  Never knew anyone who he could look up to on a regular basis.”  I listened to the talk show host halfheartedly.  I didn’t want to be staying with my aunt and uncle, but it was too late.  Once I was inside there was no going back. …

  • Backroads

    “Just take all the backroads.  Those are the best roads to take at night.” I listened to Tyler from the back seat and tried to go back to sleep.  I didn’t want to be involved with what they were doing, but didn’t know how to crawl out of the hole I was already in.  Tyler and Dylan both knew I was terrible at…

  • Dead To Me

    “He’s dead to me,” I said to Julia.  “I never want to talk about him again.”  I fluffed up my pillow and lay back down onto my sleeping bag.  My head nearly hit the ground as my pillow was basically my sweatshirt smashed inside my sleeping bag’s bag.  “He literally hasn’t done anything wrong,” Julia said.  She pulled her two…

  • Secretly Excited

    I was secretly excited when he told me he was leaving for the night.  I would have time to actually take a bath.  I could finally paint my toes.  I could drink a glass of wine and not have to worry about him barging in on me saying we had to go on another ‘adventure.’  All I wanted to do was…

  • Returning Home

    I always knew I would never be able to go home.  The moment I stepped out the front door when I was eighteen, I knew I was completely on my own.  My father always told me he was surprised he was going to be a father again and once I hit puberty, he spent more of his…