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Reminders From A Small Man

  "You said normal girls were 'boring' But you were gone by the morning You kicked out the stage lights, But you're still performing And in plain sight you hid But you are what you did And I'll forget you, But I'll never forgive The smallest man who ever lived." - The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived by Taylor Swift, released on her album The Tortured Poets Department in 2024 For the last several years, a few people in my life have been telling me that - despite my insistence to stay single - they were sure that I would find someone when I least expected it. And I believed them. Don't get me wrong, I don't blame them for the story that is about to unfold. I know they said these words with love and good intention. And I love them for that. I only bring it up to explain the point I make later in this writing. Anyway... I was talking to someone awhile ago. Or I thought I was.  When we met, it was straight out of the movies. Our eyes met and there was an i...

Hurting Others and Trying to Make It Right

  Hello from the other side I must have called a thousand times To tell you I'm sorry for everything that I've done But when I call, you never seem to be home Hello from the outside Atleast I can say that I tried To tell you I'm sorry for breaking your heart But it don't matter, it clearly doesn't tear you apart anymore - Hello performed by Adele, written by Adele and Greg Kurstin, released on her album 25 released in 2015 I both love and fear this song. It is beautiful and haunting and powerful. It woke up a part of me that had been dormant for a very long time.  You know what really makes me mad? When someone hurts you, they know that they hurt you, but they never apologize, try to talk it out, or make it right. Then they have the nerve to want to come back into your life like nothing ever happened.  That tells me that it is not really me that they miss or care about. What they are is nosy and just want to know what is going on in my life. For whatever crazy reaso...