Tag: herpes

The H word

January 13, 2021

I have herpes. There, I said it. At 17 years old, I let my boyfriend at the time go down on me when he had a cold sore. He told me it wasn’t herpes. I didn’t know any better. One excruciating outbreak later, my life was changed forever. At first I was in denial. Once … More The H word

First Love— Remembering what was, not what could have been.

September 11, 2020

She had loved him the moment she met him. He would always be the one that got away. 9 years had passed since she had seen him. 9 years since he broke her heart. Yet it felt like yesterday. He had been the first boy to know her intimately, on the bleachers of the local … More First Love— Remembering what was, not what could have been.