Dear John

love meant that you care for another person’s happiness more than your own, no matter how painful the choices you face might be.

you’re content to simply float along

I noticed she’d applied a bit of mascara and lipstick.

high school, there’s always a place for everyone, and I began falling in wit

was embarrassed at the thought o

By the time my dad inherited the collection, it was already quite valuable. When inflation went through the roof and gold hit $850 an ounce, it was worth a small fortune, more than enough for my frugal dad to retire a few times over and more than it would be worth a quarter century later.

You know where I’ll be.”

Maybe I’ll see you around.”

“Did you like it?

“I didn’t say anything….”