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I was very curious and explorative child. One time when I was about 4 years old I got into a home emergency kit under my parents bed. There was a vial of ammonia that was intended to be broken and sniffed with intention to bring someone back from fainting. Well I decided to see what it tasted like and bit down on the vial, causing it to burn my throat and mouth. Luckily I was fine and only spent one night in the hospital. I was in deep trouble but also aware of how serious what I did was.
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The pinochle of my development into my young adult self hit when I was 18 years old. It was the last year of high school, I had a drivers license, a car, a job, and newly developed sense of who I was. A person who loved other people. I loved having friends and relationships of all sorts. I had many male friends but just as many if not more female friends. I had discovered the ability to be friends with women without the need to make it sexual or romantic. The picture is my friend Jessie. -
For many of my adult years I spent them single and out of relationships. I wanted to date, but I was afraid of rejection and judgment. I hid away and self-destructed any possible chance for romantic relationships. Finally in my early 30s I got tired of being alone and decided I could try online dating as a way to try relationships while still being able to hideaway. I was blessed to meet one of the most wonderful woman to ever enter my life. Life took off, and we were married during a pandemic.