Loving Mr. Daniels

by Brittainy C. Cherry

I wasn’t sure of it, but I was almost certain loneliness was a disease, an infectious, disgusting illness that was slow to creep into your system and overtake you, even though you tried to fight it off the best you could.

“I never said it would be easy. I just said do it. Besides, the best things in life aren’t easy. They are tough, they are painful, and they are raw. That makes the arrival at the final destination that much sweeter.”

“Because pretending to be happy is almost like being happy…until you remember that you’re only pretending. Then you’re sad—really sad—because wearing a mask every day of your life is the hardest thing to do. After a while, you get a little scared because the mask becomes you.”