Who Made You This Way?

I read something today. It said "Who made you this way? Do they still matter?" It got me thinking. There are countless facets of our existence, our personalities, our identities, which are formed by those around us. Sometimes this happens over the course of years, sometimes it happens in the blink of an eye. Sometimes…

Disillusioned

I had the all's-right-with-the-world bubble popped for me at a young age. I can't say exactly if there was one particular moment or event, it was just everything. I can't even remember if I ever had the illusion that life was going to be easy or smooth sailing or full of flowers and unicorns and…