Comparing apples and oranges

Too many people these days try to compare themselves to others.  I have been
known to do this from time to....always!!! I'm learning that everyone has
flaws...no one is completely perfect and you have to love yourself so that
others can love you and your imperfections as well.  I've spent countless
hours debating this to myself over a pint of ice cream while crying into the
mirror about the fat that has accumulated on my non-existent core.  Maybe I
should stop focusing so much on what I don't have and focus more on what I
do have...like, a complete kick-ass, sarcastic brain that allows me to
create scenarios in my mind that occupy me while irritating people are
talking to me...or my lack of organization that will always lend me an
excuse as to why I cannot attend a boring function because I'm trying to get
my house "in order"...or the perfect timing I have when it comes to spotting
the elephant in the room and the carefree nature I have of jumping on that
bitch and riding it down the street naked....or how about the endearing eyes
that God blessed me with that read, "I really care about your problem" all
the whilst I'm conjuring thoughts of world domination???  With all of these
things going for me, how would I ever have time to wonder how more fabulous
others are?  And why would I even care??    ;-)

Forever forgetful but never forgetting

I am a forgetful person the majority of the time.  I forget to what I want to say, I forget what I need to get, and I forget what I'm doing at times.  I would take some sort of vitamin for memory but I'm sure I'd just fuckin forget to take it!! But when it comes to this day, March 16th, I will never forget what I was doing, where I was going, or who I was with when my phone rang.  I learned a few hard lessons when that phone rang. 
1.  Sometimes, you may not want to care about someone but that doesn't stop you from actually caring about them.
2.  Life can end when you least expect it.
And the BIGGEST lesson...
3.  Regret can and will haunt you..so be sure to tell those in your life how you feel.

It's been a year and I have not been able to bring myself to deleting your number or texts from my phone.  And when Hope throws up in the floor, I swear I can hear you laughing that loud obnoxious laugh at me!! Jonathan Keith Stroupe, I still miss your friendship, your kindness, and I still miss you!!