The memo was titled, "Growth".

On Sunday, March 6th, 2011, I added a new memo to my phone. I don't think I realized the significance of that particular date when I wrote the following:

I am still capable of feeling real emotions.

I'm not ready to express them fully yet. I can feel how far away from that I am, and I know how alone I will between here and there, but I know one more thing:

I'm going to make it because I'm learning how to be honest with myself.

Kind of a cheesy thing to write, no? The pride in that first paragraph, the loneliness in the second, and the optimism in the third - almost like a 3 act melodrama with a hopeful conclusion.

How have things gone? To tell that story I would have to start by telling you about Jess.