Amy Horton

I’ve grown and I’ve changed and I’m committed to doing so for the rest of my life. I can’t find a man who’s done the same.

I have to let go, be present, and actively live in the moment. They say love finds you when you least expect it, and I think that’s because you’re so happy and fulfilled in your life that you aren’t worried about it. My goal is to get to that place.

Every day, I wonder if you think of me. I wonder if you miss me. I wonder if you regret your decision.

I want special love. I want something grand and messy and deep and cathartic and intensely fulfilling.

I waited for too many years for the right person to come along and accompany me on my journeys. He never did.

You are waiting with open arms, but it is nowhere to be found.

I am a woman. Know that I will stand up, I will speak out, I will defend, I will resist. I’ve come into my own and there’s no stopping me.

“There is a depressing irony in the fact that any person, no matter how unfit to be a parent, can have a kid if they want, but you practically get punished for wanting to adopt.”

I am my father’s daughter, and as my father’s daughter, I will not let grief slay me.

We have to abandon the hate and step into the light. We have to embrace light so that we can move forward and make the people matter again. We must force the system to pay attention.

Is this a joke? Are we on some horrible reality television show? Is that what America is now reduced to, so deeply divided and at odds that we are willing to give power to such a terrifyingly morally corrupt individual?

I’m happy to say that I finally understand what being an adult really means.