I Saw My Chance and I Took It
I've heard this a few times over the last several years and it always baffles me. "I'm glad you didn't let [insert person connected with some bad memories] ruin [insert thing I love] for you." All I can think when someone says that is "How on earth could I do that?" If you let any person and whatever they've done or said change the things you love, how do do you love anything? Y'all know that I moved to a city where my heart has lived for a long time. A city that's of full of music, art, love, goodness and all the minor things (like walking to the best food in the city without breaking a sweat). And over the past years, there have been so many people and experiences that I could have let take that from me. Of course anywhere you go will have memories attached. At the end of the day, you can't let the bad ones overtake the good. That's how you become a bitter, unhappy person and I'm just not that, despite my wide streak of melancho...