‘Great’ I thought as I began to wonder down the street, tracing the footsteps Roy and Julia had made moments before. ‘Another year, another coup...e of hours to waste as everybody goes last minute shopping’.As my mind started to wonder, thinking about Jenny, my neighbour’s daughter, who had also recently just had her eighteenth birthday and had celebrated by going out and getting hammered on the local club circuit, I failed to notice that I had blindly walked into a construction site. I stood. Please go on.” “Okay. I understand the fear of the unknown, and I understand the fear of failure. Rest assured that I would take your fears into consideration with every choice I made. Know that I would NOT ask you to submit to me when we first met. I would like us to meet as equals, two, maybe three times; each time confirming our continued desire to move forward. We would develop a friendship first, before we became anything more. And there’s something else you should know...” “Yes,. 8.Today, in the cutest voice, my 8-year-old daughter asked me to start recycling. I chuckled and asked, “Why?“She replied, “So you can help me save the planet.” I chuckled again and asked,“And why do you want to save the planet?“Because that’s where I keep all my stuff,” she said.9.Today, when I witnessed a 27-year-old breast cancer patient laughing hysterically at her 2-year-old daughter’s antics,I suddenly realized that I need to stop complaining about my life and start celebrating it. She was a mother of a young child, and had to make do with a part-time job, and what little help she got from a ne'er-do-well abusive husband. He had been in and out of the state for years, and hadn't made much contact with her. But then, after going through his collection of photos, he found himself becoming aroused by her photo.He found other pictures of her, and became obsessed with her beauty, innocence, and vulnerability. He manipulated any photos of her that he could find, fashioning them.