As many of you already know, my relationship had been struggling for quite some time. Today I'm writing as it is now over. There are some things to figure out still regarding who gets what and that sort of thing, but nothing major. There weren't that many things that two of us had shared as the relationship only lasted for 2 years. But regardless the pain with this is going to come in terms of the emotions. I have been struggling to keep my act together lately. My focus is not at all where it needs ...

It is hard for me to believe that it is that time of the year again. The time of year where I take a few moments to sit down and review what has happened in the last twelve months. Sometimes this is not the easiest task to accomplish, either. So here we go - it is time to review calendar year 2012.

It started as nearly almost every other year had. With the resolutions that would probably never work out in the end, and the ridiculous ideas that things might just get better. Needless ...

At the young age of twenty-four, Jonathan was quite mature for his age. His family and friends had always said that about him. They felt as though he had grown up far too quickly, in fact, and feared for him in some ways. They feared that he was robbing himself of the life that he had wanted, and so very much needed. Jonathan rarely spent time with friends in his younger years, always hanging out with his family instead, choosing to do more grown-up things than children’s things. His Mom feared ...

I believe that we all sometimes tell ourselves that we have had enough of something. We sometimes feel as though we have dealt with enough in our lives. We have moments of weakness, or moments of complete despair, or moments where we simply wish we could do what that old adage says - throw in the towel. Simply put, sometimes we have had so much of something that we just want to give up. I know that I have experienced this feeling many times in life. Most recently, I have felt this way regarding ...

Things have been so very busy lately with me. I’m back now to twelve hour days during the week, if not longer hours than that. Several days in the past several weeks, I have been working more than 13 hours in a day. I have averaged approximately 62 hours in the past several weeks. I haven’t hardly had time to do anything besides work, to be honest. I believe that John (*) is getting somewhat irritated with me due to my job situation. Even more so, it is definitely taking a toll on my personal life ...