A New Chapter

Dear Molly,
     So, finals are over. You spent your last tearful day at Poly. You go tomorrow to dis-enroll and you start Millikan Tuesday. Yikes. It's going to be difficult starting fresh. But it's a good thing, you think. A lot of people are on Team Molly, there to support me. If anyone reading this would like to join, let me know.
     The feels. Gosh, they're overwhelming and conflicting. You want to miss Poly and curl up in a ball and bawl your eyes out. But yet, you want to keep putting one foot in front of the other. You're excited about Drawing and Painting, APUSH, and Accelerated Biology. You're excited for a clean slate grade wise. So don't screw it up. Don't.
     You're definitely going to miss Poly. You've made some good friends, hopefully some for life. But fresh starts are good.
Song of The Day: Superman(It's Not Easy), by Five For Fighting
'Cause it ain't easy. And yes, you like to imagine you have a cape on occasion. Or a funny red sheet. Whichever works.

I can't stand to fly
I'm not that naïve
I'm just out to find
The better part of me

I'm more than a bird,
I'm more than a plane
I'm more than some pretty face beside a train
It's not easy to be me

I wish that I could cry
Fall upon my knees
Find a way to lie
'Bout a home I'll never see

It may sound absurd but don't be naïve
Even heroes have the right to bleed
I may be disturbed but won’t you concede
Even Heroes have the right to dream
And it's not easy to be me

Up, up and away, away from me
Well, it's alright
You can all sleep sound tonight
I'm not crazy or anything

I can't stand to fly
I'm not that naïve
Men weren't meant to ride
With clouds between their knees

I'm only a man in a silly red sheet
Digging for kryptonite on this one way street
Only a man in a funny red sheet
Looking for special things inside of me
Inside of me, inside of me

I’m only a man in a funny red sheet
I’m only a man looking for her dream
I’m only a man in a funny red sheet
It's not easy.
It's not easy to be me.

New Year, New Molly!

Dear Molly,

      So it's a new year. A year of promise. A year of change. 2014!
So you have the typical new year's resolutions. Eat better, exercise more, be nicer to Sam. You want to get your grades up as well. Good thing it's a new semester in less than a month. And it will be at a new school. That's right. You're switching from Poly PACE to Millikan QUEST. If the stars align, it will only be for a semester. You're kind of excited, but really nervous. What if you screw up big time? You hope you won't.

      Song of the day: Girl on Fire by Alicia Keys. You hope this will be you in 2014.

She's just a girl, and she's on fire
Hotter than a fantasy, lonely like a highway
She's living in a world, and it's on fire
filled with catastrophe, but she knows she can fly away

Oh, she got both feet on the ground
And she's burning it down
Oh, she got her head in the clouds
And she's not backing down

This girl is on fire
This girl is on fire
She's walking on fire
This girl is on fire

Looks like a girl, but she's a flame
So bright, she can burn your eyes
Better look the other way
You can try but you'll never forget her name
She's on top of the world
Hottest of the hottest girls say

Oh, we got our feet on the ground
And we're burning it down
Oh, we got our head in the clouds
And we're not coming down

Everybody stands, as she goes by
Cause they can see the flame that's in her eyes
Watch her when she's lighting up the night
Nobody knows that she's a lonely girl
And it's a lonely world
But she gonna let it burn, baby, burn, baby

This girl is on fire
This girl is on fire
She's walking on fire
This girl is on fire

Oh, oh, oh...
Oh, oh, oh...
Oh, oh, oh...
Oh, oh, oh...
Oh, oh, oh...

She's just a girl, and she's on fire

Love, Molly