GabbyWells

My great-grandfather is on the left. He somewhere in Europe during WWII in this photo.

When I was fifteen, I decided that I wanted a Bob and went to my regular stylist. I told her that I wanted. Bob that was around chin length and she said okay. She started cutting my hair. I also told her that I wanted long side bangs (it was 2006 and they were cool), again she said… Read More

Lisa, Bright and Dark made me emotional the first time I read it. I have dealt with depression and anxiety since I was very young. This book totally captured the narrative of mental illness in an adolescent girl. It made me cry because I could see pieces of myself in Lisa. Her spiral… Read More

My baby, Jack.

When I was in high school I was wildly in love with Marilyn Manson. I had posters of him all over my walls in my bedroom. I would obsessively watch the music video for "Heat-Shaped Glasses" because it was so sexy. My friends and family were a bit disturbed by my infatuation. To be… Read More

I got my rook pierced when I was 18. It was not a spur of the moment thing, I had decided about a week or so before that I wanted to do it. I went to an awesome piercer and had it done. The needle hurt like hell and getting the jewelry in was awful, but it went smoothly, so I thought.… Read More

The best decision I made for my wedding was to have a tiny wedding party. I had a matron of honor and my husband had a best man, which were our siblings, and my then 2 year old niece was the flower girl. That was it. It made everything less complicated and we had a better time because… Read More

If you have read the book you know that Will is in physical pain all the time and the choice to end his life is not just from depression. And I resent that sentence in this article because as someone who suffered from depression and was suicidal, I know that it is far more complicated… Read More

The movie Battle ship was actually filmed on the USS Missouri. Even though the ship has not moved my its own power since its last decommissioning in 1992, it was towed off the coast to film the at sea portions of the film. Also, actual tour guides on the Missouri were in the film.… Read More

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