Tag: real life

  • The Friend

    “I wouldn’t change this for all the money in the world,” Jess said as she leaned back in the rocking chair.  It took quite a bit of self-control not to say anything to her about the fact I lived paycheck to paycheck and that we were sitting on the front porch so I wouldn’t have…

  • The Movies

    I realized when I went to college, real life was not like the movies. Or television. I was expecting my first semester of college to go smoothly with lots of late-night parties where I could stay wake up, exercise and get to class on time the next morning. I quickly learned this was definitely not…