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Category: Emily Giffin

Writing a teen character is something I wanted to try again for a long time!

Time, Character, Writing

But certainly not everyday you can find someone who wants to have a monogamous relationship

friendship-and-love, lovers, relationships

Songs and smells will bring you back to a moment in time more than anything else. It’s amazing how much can be conjured with a few notes of a song or a solitary whiff of a room.

inspirational, love, memories, songs

Songs and smells will bring you back to a moment in time more than anything else. It’s amazing how much can be conjured with a few notes of a song or a solitary whiff of a room. A song you didn’t even pay attention to at the time, a place that you didn’t even know had a particular smell.

Sorrow comes with so many defense mechanisms. You have your shock, your denial, your getting wasted, your cracking jokes, and your religion. You also have the old standby catchall–the blind belief in fate, the whole “things happening for a reason” drill.But my personal favorite defense has always been anger, with its trusty offshoots of self-righteous indignation, bitterness, and resentment.

anger, baby-proof, bitter, emily-giffin, sad, sorrow

So there the two of us were. Frozen in time, living in the moment, focused only on our immediate desires. Which of course included sex. Lots and lots of it.

his unwavering confidence – but now, it feels like a brand of indifference

confidence, indifference

Would they retreat or move forward? Could they do this thing they were on the verge of doing? Did they have it in them to make a wrong decision just because it felt right?

No, scratch the word “career.” Careers are for people who wish to advance. I only want to survive, draw a paycheck.

career, emily, giffin

We both have a lot of growing-up to do… A lot of the world to see & figure out on our own.” — Leo

inspirational, maturity, realization

Someday being with Dex will be a distant memory. This fact makes me sad too. Its the initial stages of grief that seem to be worst but in some ways, Its sadder as time goes by and you consider how much they’re missed in your life.

desperately wanting to define what’s in the air between us but unwilling to make the first move