Leah Q. Adult-in-Training

Dear Neil and Robin, I’ve met a bunch of people in my life. Some have become just a memory and others have continued to be a distinct presence in my life. We all know that not everyone is meant to be with you forever. Some people will be used as a lesson, others as a comfort, and even more are just filler bodies meant for only a conversation or small interaction. There are certain people you meet that will completely change your life, the thing that’s exceptional about life is the moment you lay eyes on that person or, that group of people you have no idea of the importance. It’s presented itself as a regular occurrence and yet it means so much more. Most of the people that I cherish in life were not thrust upon me with a flourish, it was more like nudge, they gradually inched their way into an important place in my heart. You guys are exceptional people and in this letter I’m going to tell you why.   You’ve experienced tremendous loss in the last 10 months. The loss of your d...

Love it’s an emotion that has so many different facets it’s impossible to explain every possible definition and explanation for its existence. I’ve talked about the kind of love that turns into marriage, the kind that turns into forever but what about all the other kinds? What do they mean? I suppose  they're  different for every person, obviously the kind of love you have for your Nana isn't reminiscent of the kind you have for your friends, or your "more than a friend." Everything's different, everything has a different sort of evolution, or path that follows different types of turns and directions.  Just like the kinds I  have  for my best friends. I'm one of those people with multiple best friends I don't know if it's because I have multiple personality disorder and each best friend is applicable to each mood or, if I just love a lot... In retrospect it's  probably  a mixture of both.  I have that one best friend I've known forever, Ki...

What is love? Is it a definite thing or, some obscure metaphorical concept that's really beyond human thought? I believe that it is, it's a feeling most people can't explain, it exists in so many different forms, it is obscure at its very core. Love is everything and it is nothing, how can someone perfectly describe love into one  succinct  definition? I don't think it's possible. It's the one emotion in this world that is without logic, it is completely enveloped in emotion and sealed with an act more personal than life itself. It is bearing your soul to another person, every single facet and curve of your being is known to the partner you choose. I don't think anyone will ever define love because for every person it means something different. My parents met in 7th grade homeroom at Bayshore Middle School, Peterson came right  before  Quisenberry. Now I wasn't there (obviously) but from the stories I've heard it wasn't love at firs...

These days society, the world we live in is materialistic. The funny thing is now it's become a fashion to be unique and different, I'm still discovering if this is a good thing or a bad thing. The hipster fad has obviously made a splash, more like a tsunami. You know that movie with Ewan McGregor? The one where he can't find his family because this enormous typhoon causes everyone to evacuate and he can only choose one child? Hipster has caused all the normal people to evacuate, there are no longer any of them left.  Exaggerations aside everything about life these days is looking good, however you want to describe it I think people lose sight of what's really important. I can't say I'm nothing like those people because I am one of those people. I have a love for eye-liner that can't be matched and I quite enjoy smelling nice (I like to think Marc Jacob's "Honey" is my signature scent), and I even joined the fashionable ranks re...

Sometimes I wonder what people are really thinking, I like to think there are a set of rules for society. These directions for social etiquette seem like a given but are they really? In a public place do you put your feet all over everything like you’re at home? I can’t tell you how many times I’ve witnessed people walk in places barefoot.  Honestly I find this disgusting first of all people MRSA is a real thing and so is bacteria and second of all you do not know where that floor has been! This statement may make no sense but if you really think about it people walk over all kinds of surfaces, the beach, a sidewalk (where dogs happen to shit excessively), a corporate office or (let’s venture off and assume you live in Oklahoma) a cow paddy. When they walk into your local Starbucks everywhere they have been is now on the floor that you are walking on barefoot. So if you are in a place of food walking barefoot your probably stepped in dog shit, even if it is a really...