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I spent too long trying to conceal who I was from the people around me. The people that I loved and cared about most, I shut out of my life for fear that they would hate what they would find if I let them in. The dichotomy ruined me. It was better to let the truth out rather than conceal what I thought was a hideous transformation from what I had been to what I was now.

Posted By Sanyelle On 01.12.2012 @ 4:22 pm

He stares at me obstinately, a shoe in his mouth. I urge him to come to me. He refuses. I am beyond irritated, but I don’t want him to win. But he does. No matter how urgent of a voice I use, he stares in belligerent disobedience.

Posted By Sanyelle On 12.10.2011 @ 1:08 pm

I heard the clicking coming from my puppy laying on the floor not far away. I knew that he loved to chew on his claws and assumed he was just nibbling on his nails. But he had a slightly guilty look on his face as he watched me from the corner of his eye. Sure enough, under his big paw, he had a thumb drive that he was snacking on.

Posted By Sanyelle On 12.08.2011 @ 4:06 pm

I heard the clicking coming from my puppy laying on the floor not far away. I knew that he loved to chew on his claws and assumed he was just nibbling on his nails. But he had a slightly guilty look on his face as he watched me from the corner of his eye. Sure enough, under his big paw, he had a thumb drive that he was snacking on. Sneaky…

Posted By Sanyelle On 12.08.2011 @ 3:58 pm

As I watched him duck onto the plane at the Bangor International Airport from my seat at my terminal, all that I could think about is that I hoped he would return. Watching him leave again to go back to Afghanistan was agonizing. But I knew that once he did return, it would be all the more sweet.

Posted By Sanyelle On 12.07.2011 @ 9:52 am