Moonlight & Metaphors

Dear Little Brother, The only place I know where to start is the beginning. I was about two years old when mom and dad first brought you home and from what I am told, I was so excited for your birth. We grew up side by side— learning NSYNC dance routines, playing Super Mario Sunshine and being diehard WWE fans. You let me dress you up all girly and I refereed your wrestling matches as you choke slammed large pillows and pinned them.   Somewhere in those years of videogames, dancing and constantly training each other to play soccer, we both grew up. Now we’re driving to different cities together, you’re almost finished high school and instead of rocking out to the Backstreet Boys, we’ve got a playlist of rappers that we both sing to at the top of our lungs. However, no matter how much time passes, no matter how many little fights we’ve gotten into (me always winning), you have always done one thing that saves me time and time again: you’ve been my best friend. You’ve been m...

I'm so sorry I never kissed you before but now I would sell my soul to hold your hand for thirty seconds

pieces of useless information linger where you don't your favourite tea the colour of your go-to sweater the way you looked the first time I saw you a bitter taste a cold colour a picture burnt lay in place of where you aren't slowly fading with time towards well nothing

Each year brings an interesting air about it when it includes books. Stories, like any other form, can incapsulate memories for us. With each title, we hold the ability to look back at it and remember the people who were in our presence when we read it, the way we were feeling, and how the text made us feel. This list is for the people who were there when I read these, the people that weren't there when I finished some; the feelings that were there when I read these, and the feelings that fleeted after.  For clarification, these are just books I read this year, not necessarily all were published in 2015.  My Top Reads of 2015 10.  We Should Hang Out Sometime: Embarrassingly, a true story  by Josh Sundquist This one is a lovely little non-fiction title written by Josh Sundquist, jumping from his first crush to his current relationship outlining how he got there. It is, on the surface, an ode to his datin...