Hey, it's R5AAFan! Welcome to my world of craziness. Read at your own brain's risk. Insanity isn't a sickness, but might be contagious.

Random facts about me:

My favorite colours are black and purple.

My lucky number is 19.

I read and write all the time.

I have a brother and three step-siblings (a guy and two girls).

I play violin, I sing a little, and write songs when the inspiration strikes.

I speak French. It's my first language.

I live in Canada.

I love acting. It's the only time I don't have stage fright.

I'm either really shy or crazy/weird.

I have really bad stage fright, yet I talk to strangers like I've known them for years and shout to my friends in the hallway at school.

The thing I did the most in my life: Walking in a room, forgetting why I'm there, walking out, remembering why I was there in the first place, then walking in again, feeling all embarrassed.

I laugh at really lame jokes that no one laughs at.

I'm a goody-two-shoes. I got punished once in fourth grade and that day still hunts me.

I suck at sports. It's not my thing. At all.

I have asthma.

Books are my life.

My stories

Complete

She's Shyness, He's Confidence

When the Queen Bee Strikes Again (sequel to She's Shyness, He's Confidence)

Bands Battle

Family Tour (sequel to Bands Battle)

Before I Die (one-shot)

Third Row (three-shot)

Victim (one-shot)

Happiness (one-shot)

Keep Calm (one-shot)

Like Pieces of a Puzzle Without Each Other (one shot)

Fortunately Unfortunate (one-shot)

My Boyfriend's A Superstar

Skater Girl

Promise

Over-Thinking (one-shot)

Believe Me (partly co-written with Storygurl16)

Undercover

Holiday One-Shots

Stories in progress

Romantic & Reckless (co-written with Daddysgirl11 and R5Auslly; idea from R5Auslly)

Follow me on Twitter at @Mimi_R5Family

I tweet about my stories, and other stuff like that.

Other than one-shots and maybe one last story, I won't be writing Fanfics anymore. Sorry, this thing called growing up and moving on kinda caught up with me. You can still find me on Quotev (R5AAFan) and Wattpad (ProfessionalFangirl19).

I'm the kind of girl who looks down at what she's wearing after someone told her 'I like your shirt.'

I'm the kind of girl who laughs at her own texts before sending it.

I'm the kind of girl who talks to everybody and says what she wants, but can't talk infront of an audience.

I'm the kind of girl who's really smart, but too lazy to show it.

I'm the kind of girl who laughs at the face on the TV when she pauses it.

Pet Peeves:

1- When I write a bunch of stuff for a story, a song, or homework, then it shuts off, and all my work is gone.

2- When I walk behind someone who walks really slow and I have to stay behind them because there's no space to go past them.

3- Slow drivers.

4- 'Know-It-All' people.

5- I can't wear a watch on my left wrist. It gets on my nerves. I just have to wear it on my right wrist.

6- When I just can't seem to spell a word right.

I am that girl. The one who likes books more than boys. The one who pretends not to be sad, just to make others happy. The one who always wonders what she did wrong. The one who writes to escape. The one who just wants to help. The one that really wants to make a difference. The one that sticks to her values. The one that refuses to believe that this is it. The one that will do anything to make a better tomorrow. Copy and Paste if you can relate.

I'm the girl who isn't dancing, just jumping up and down screaming the lyrics.

I'm the girl that speaks my mind, whether you like it or not.

I'm the girl that you don't wanna be on her bad side.

I'm the girl that everyone knows her name, for good or for bad.

I'm the girl that doesn't take crap from anyone.

BUT i''m also the girl that carries a book in her purse.

I'm the girl that wears sweat pants to the dance.

I'm the girl that no one knows her name, for good or bad.

I'm the girl who acts shy one second and the next i will be laughing like an idiot.

I'm the girl that people call "Bitch" and "Freak" "brat" and "Weird" but i take that as a compliment.

I'm the girl that doesn't have normal hobbies. I read and I write.

I'm the girl that hasn't been asked out in a year.

Im the girl who thinks boys aren't worth my heart, because who gives away their heart to be broken?

I'm the girl who secretly thinks she's an alien.

I'm the girl who's really smart, but sometimes too lazy to show it.

TIME FOR SOME COPY-PASTING!

If several inanimate objects hate you copy and paste this into your profile

If you have ever had a mad laughing fit for absolutely no reason, copy and paste this into your profile

If you have ever walked into a room then forgot what you were doing, then started walking away then remembered, copy this into your profile.

If you've ever had a conversation with yourself, copy and paste this on your profile.

If you have ever laughed so hard you either choked, hyperventilated, had your sides cramp, or all of the above copy and paste this on your profile.

If you have EVER yelled at a TV after getting frustrated at someone who can't hear you, put this on your profile.

If you've ever asked a really stupid, obvious question, copy and paste this onto your profile

If you have ever gotten so sidetracked in a conversation that you don't remember why you were talking in the first place, Copy this into your profile

If you have ever run into a door, copy this into your profile

If you have ever tripped over your own feet, copy and paste this into your profile

If you have ever pushed on a door that said pull or the vise versa copy this into your profile

If you've been on the computer for hours on end, reading numerous fanfictions, copy this into your profile

If you or your best friend is insane, copy this into your profile.

If you have your own little world, copy and paste this into your profile.

If you're hyper, like being hyper, and are hyper all the time, COPY THIS INTO YOUR PROFILE!

If you love to laugh at stupid things that end with copy and paste this into your profile, copy and paste this into your profile.

If youve ever wanted to go into a book and slap/scream at a character copy and paste this onto your profile.

If you've ever forgotten how old you are when someone asked you, copy and paste this onto your profile.

If you have embarrassing memories that make you want to smack yourself/ someone else copy this into your profile.

If you love R5, copy and paste this into your profile.

If you read people's profiles looking for things to copy and paste into your profile, copy and paste this into your profile!

23 Ways To Annoy People In An Elevator (my personnal favorite)

1) CRACK open your bag, peer Inside and ask “Got enough air in there?”

2) STAND silent and motionless in the corner facing the wall without getting off.

3) WHEN arriving at your floor, grunt and strain to yank the doors open, then act as if you’re embarrassed when they open themselves.

4) GREET everyone with a warm handshake and ask him or her to call you Admiral.

5) MEOW occasionally.

6) STARE At another passenger for a while. Then announce in horror: “You’re one of THEM” – and back away slowly

7) SAY -DING at each floor.

8) SAY “I wonder what all these do?” And push all the buttons.

9) MAKE explosion noises when someone presses a button.

10) STARE, grinning at another passenger for a while, then announce: “I have new socks on.”

11) WHEN the elevator is silent, look around and ask: “Is that your beeper?”

12) TRY to make personal calls on the emergency phone.

13) DRAW a little square on the floor with chalk and announce to the other passengers: “This is my personal space.”

14) WHEN there’s only one other person in the elevator, tap them on the shoulder, then pretend it wasn’t you.

15) PUSH the buttons and pretend they give you a shock. Smile, and go back for more.

16) ASK if you can push the button for other people but push the wrong ones.

17) HOLD the doors open and say you’re waiting for your friend. After a while, let the doors close and say “Hi Greg, How’s your day been?”

18) DROP a pen and wail until someone reaches to help pick it up, then scream: “That’s mine!”

19) BRING a camera and take pictures of everyone in the lift.

20) PRETEND you’re a flight attendant and review emergency procedures and exits with the Passengers.

21) SWAT at flies that don’t exist.

22) CALL out “Group hug” then enforce it.

23) When the lift is going down scream “we’re gonna die”

If you laughed or plan to do this in the future, copy and paste this on your profile ;)

Female comebacks

Man: Where have you been all my life? Woman: Hiding from you.

Man: Haven't I seen you someplace before? Woman: Yes, that's why I don't go there anymore.

Man: Is this seat empty? Woman: Yes, and this one will be if you sit down.

Man: Your place or mine? Woman: Both. You go to yours, and I'll go to mine.

Man: So, what do you do for a living? Woman: I'm a female impersonator.

Man: Hey baby, what's your sign? Woman: Do not enter.

Man: How do you like your eggs in the morning? Woman: Unfertilized.

Man: Your body is like a temple. Woman: Sorry, there are no services today.

Man: I would go to the end of the world for you. Woman: But would you stay there?

Man: If I could see you naked, I'd die happy. Woman: If I saw you naked, I'd probably die laughing.

Man: If I could rearrange the alphabet I'd put u and i together Woman: Really, I'd put f and u together

Man: Your eyes; they're amazing. Woman: Seeing your back would be pretty amazing

Man: I'd like to call you. What's your number? Woman: It's in the phone book

Man: But I don't know your name Woman: That's in the phone book too

Man: I know how to please a woman Woman: Then please leave me alone

Man: I can tell you want me Woman: Ohhhh, you're so right, I want you to leave

Man:My pretty face is leaving in ten minutes. Please, be on it. Woman: Really, then it will be to smack you.

Man:Wanna go home and play Zookeeper? You be the lion and I'll feed you the meat. Woman: If it's meat your giving me it better be you because your DEAD meat to me.

If you repost this you will get a phone call 37 minutes after you repost this... If you don't resend this then your love life will be doomed for eternity.

GIRLS REPOST THIS AS "female comebacks"

1. My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE. "If you're going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning."
2. My mother taught me RELIGION. "You better pray that will come out of the carpet."
3. My mother taught me about TIME TRAVEL. "If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!"
4. My mother taught me LOGIC. "Because I said so, that's why."
5. My mother taught me MORE LOGIC. "If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, you're not going to the store with me."
6. My mother taught me FORESIGHT. "Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an accident."
7. My mother taught me IRONY. "Keep crying and I'll give you something to cry about."
8. My mother taught me about the science of OSMOSIS. "Shut your mouth and eat your supper."
9. My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM. "Will you look at that dirt on the back of your neck?"
10. My mother taught me about STAMINA. "You'll sit there until all that spinach is gone."
11. My mother taught me about WEATHER. "This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it."
12. My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY. "If I told you once, I've told you a million times. Don't exaggerate!"
13. My mother taught me the CIRCLE OF LIFE. "I brought you into this world, and I can take you out."
14. My mother taught me about BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION. "Stop acting like your father!"
15. My mother taught me about ENVY. "There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don't have wonderful parents like you do."
16. My mother taught me about ANTICIPATION. "Just wait until we get home."
17. My mother taught me about RECEIVING. "You are going to get it when you get home!"
18. My mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE. "If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they are going to freeze that way."
19. My mother taught me ESP. "Put your sweater on; don't you think I know when you are cold?"
20. My mother taught me HUMOR. "When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don’t come running to me."
21. My mother taught me HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT. "If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up."
22. My mother taught me GENETICS. "You're just like your father."
23. My mother taught me about my ROOTS. "Shut that door behind you. Do you think you were born in a barn?"
24. My mother taught me WISDOM. "When you get to be my age, you'll understand."
25. And my favorite: My mother taught me about JUSTICE. "One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you!"

Yes...

I'm a girl.

I read the text on a shampoo bottle.

I laugh at my own joke when I haven't even shared it.

I hate it when the wind messes up my hair.

I look in the fridge 10 times without eating anything.

I turn my pillow around so I can sleep on the cold side.

I count how many hours of sleep I get when I go to bed late.

I run upstairs really fast like someone is trying to attack me.

I laugh harder when I try to explain why I'm laughing in the first place.

I walk into a room and forget why I am there.

I count on my fingers in math class.

I try to accomplish things with time still on the microwave.

I hate hearing my voice in recordings.

I use the word "thingy" when I can't remember what something is called.

I sing the entire alphabet because I can't remember what letter comes next.

I do all of this :P Copy and paste the ones you do too! :)

Let's see how stupid I am. The things I did are in bold.

1 . Forgot to put the lid on the blender, turned it on, and had everything fly out

2. Gotten your head stuck between the stair rails

3. Broken a chair by leaning back in it

4. Had gum fall out of your mouth while you were talking

5. Choked on your own spit while you were talking

6. Had people tell you that you are blonde when you're not/or had had people tell you that your blonde highlights are going to your head

7. Been caught staring at your crush by your crush him/herself

8. Have looked for something for at least 10 min then realized it was in your hand

9. Tried to push open a door that said pull

10. Tried to pull open a door that said push

11. Have actually believed someone when they said that they knew how to make a love potion

12. Have hit yourself in the process of trying to hit something else

14. Have actually exploded marshmallows in the microwave

15. Have gotten gum stuck in your hair

16. Had gum fall out of your mouth while trying to blow a bubble

17. Have had the juice from a mini tomato squirt out and hit somebody else when you bit into it

18. Have had your drink come out your nose because you were laughing so hard

19. Have called one of your good friends by the wrong name

20. Have skinned your toe because you were playing soccer or kickball with flip flops on or you were barefoot

21. Have put a sticker on your forehead, forgot it was there, and went out in public with it on

22. Have fallen out of a moving vehicle.

23. Have run into a closed door

24. Have almost shot someone with a real gun while trying to shoot something else

25. Searched for your cell phone while you were talking on it

26. It has taken you longer than 5 min to get a joke

27. Have gotten your hair stuck in a blow dryer

28. Have gotten your hair stuck in a fan

29. Tripped on a crack in the sidewalk

30. Said o'clock after saying how many min after the hour, example: 5:30 o'clock, or 6:15 o'clock

31. After someone told you that there was gum on the ground, you stepped in it

32. Put on a white shirt even though you already knew it was raining outside

33. Have ever walked up to a stranger because you thought they were someone else

34. Ever been kicked out of a grocery store off their property

35. Touched the stove, the curling iron, a hot pan, etc on purpose even though you knew it was hot

36. Picked out your change of clothes, took off the ones you had on and then accidentally put the old clothes back on

37. Wondered why something wasn't working then realised it wasn't plugged in

38. Put the cereal in the fridge, or put the milk in the cupboard

39. Walked into a pole

40. Wore two different earrings or shoes by accident

41. Put your shirt on backwards/inside-out without realizing it then left your house

42. Tried to take a picture of your/someone's eye with the flash on

43. Gotten a ring stuck on your finger because you put it on even though you knew it was too small

44. Walked out of the bathroom with toilet paper stuck to your shoe without realising it

45. Went to go do something/go get something, then when you got there forgot what is was that you were going to do.

46. Picked up someone else's drink and drank out of it by accident when your drink was right next to it

47. Fallen out of your chair while trying to pick something up

48. Have poked yourself in the eye

49. Have gotten in the shower with your socks still on

50. Melted your hairbrush while blow drying your hair

51. Have done enough stupid things to make a test

52. Have accidentally stabbed yourself with a pencil

53. Have sung the wrong verse to a song without realising it

54. Have given an odd answer to a question because you didn't hear the question in the first place and didn't feel like asking what it was.

55. Told someone you were the wrong age because you seriously forgot how old you were

56. Looked into an overhead light purposely while it was on

57. Got up early and got ready for school/work/meeting, then realized that you didn't have school/work/meeting that day

58. Have tripped on a cord after someone told you to watch out for it

60. Have ever laughed at a joke or movie that no one else thought was funny

61. Done the Macarena to the electric slide or vice versa

62. Said funner, then had someone make fun of you for it

63. Have repeated yourself at least twice in the same sentence

64. Brought up an inside joke with the wrong person

65. Didn't do the backside of an assignment because you thought that there wasn't one or because you had already looked and forgot that there was another side

66. Did more work than you had to on an assignment because you didn't read the directions

67. Corrected someone's grammar/pronunciation then figured out that you were the one that was wrong

68. Put something in a special place so that you would remember where it was, then forgot where you put it

69. Put ice in your drink after the glass was full of liquid and had it splash out

70. Told a lie then forgot what it was that you had said and got caught

71. When wearing goggles, you pulled them away from your face and let go so that they would come back and snap you in the face

72. Forgot to make sure that the lamp was off before you replaced the light bulb

73. Ran into a door jamb

74. Told someone that you hardly ever do stupid things, then immediately did/said something stupid

75. Told someone to watch out for something, then you were the one that ran into it

76. Have purposely licked playground sand

77. Have purposely and repeatedly flicked yourself with a rubber band

78. Gotten so hyper that someone actually thought you were drunk when you weren't

79. Have been so hyper you actually scared people

80. Put duct tape on your body then pulled it off to see if it would pull your hairs out

81. Put duct tape on your hair/someone else's hair then pulled it off

82. Put a clothes pin/hair clip on your lip, figured out that it hurt, then did it again

83. Sat and wondered why men’s dress shirts have a loop on the back

84. Made up a code name for someone so that you could talk about them to someone else and no one else would know who you were talking about

85. Have gotten a hairbrush stuck in your hair

86. Used the straw to blow the straw wrapper at someone

87. Shaved your tongue because you thought your taste buds looked weird

88. When at a restaurant/cafeteria, you used your spoon to fling stuff at people

89. Have flung forks at people in a restaurant/cafeteria

90. Sucked on a cup and got a hickey from it.

91. As you were writing, you moved your head back and forth with your pen/pencil

92. Have drawn finger puppets on your fingers then named them

93. Have wrapped someone in a roll of toilet paper

94. Have used somebody else's toothbrush without even realizing it wasn't yours

95. Started telling a story and forget what you were talking about or what happened in the story

96. When you saw a ‘beware of dog’ sign, you told the owners to beware of the dogs not realising they owned the dogs

97. You have spelled your own name wrong before

98. When lying in bed you look for pictures in the texture of the ceiling.

99. Have used your calculator as a form of communication in class

100. Have popped a balloon in your mouth

101. Not realized there was no 13

102. Not realized there was no 59

82/100. Well, it's now official. I'm an idiot :P

You Know You're a Writer When...

Every time you hear a song, you think of a new story or one you've already written. (... I thought that was normal...)

You have the last chapters of a story done before even thinking of the story's names. (When it's stories that I don't post, I can change the title ten times before finding the right one)

It takes you like 10 minutes to write a sentence basically saying that they woke up. ('Her eyes flutter open. She takes a while to get used to the bright light before turning to look at him, only to notice he's also starting to wake up.' Hmm... Took me some time, but not ten minutes!)

You have run out of ways to describe various situations. (What? It's called creativity)

You often imagine your books becoming movies. (Who doesn't?)

Spell check is your best friend. (Hi, bestie)

You give even the smallest of characters a huge background. (Hey, they're a part of the story just like everyone else. I'm not one for favoritism)

You hesitate before killing of one of your favorite characters. (Then I cry...)

You smile really big when you are going to finally write a character love scene. (F.G.M. Fangirl moment)

Every time you read something, you make your own story of the same thing. (Duh, I get inspired really easily)

You'll spend an hour trying to find one word cause you won't dare use a synonym. (I only use synonyms on emergency)

Not being able to write is like not being able to pee to you... you just can't hold it in for so long. (If I can't write a story, I write a song. I always have my iPad and/or a notebook/pencil with me)

You write so fast, you leave out words in a sentence. (It's called inspiration)

You have to tell at least one person your whole story before it's even written. (I try to control myself ;P)

Things that are written badly annoy you and make you want to re-write it better. (GAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!! I have to restrain myself 'cause people would think I stole the idea, which would be kind of true...)

You laugh at jokes you wrote yourself. (Duh! It's funny, why wouldn't I laugh?)

You can spell words like 'troublesome' but can't spell 'the' half the time. (Yup)

If you are not writing or typing, your fingers are moving constantly. (Yup. I developped a habit of cracking my knuckles because of that...)

You talk to yourself... constantly (Everyone thinks I'm crazy...)

When you have to write some sort of story in class, you get carried away. (I litterally start fangirling whenever the teacher announces we have to write a story while the others groan...)

You would rather die than use words like 'good' or 'nice' and etc. (Depends on the character's personality)

You put off the last chapter of a story simply because you don't want it to end. (I'm fine... But I need the sequel to be up within a week)

You start to cry when writing about a death or other depressing event you knew was coming, and you are the one writing it. (Duh, I'm not heartless!)

When on a roll, you will ignore hunger, sleepiness, or the urge to pee until you run out of ideas. (Hunger isn't a problem, I hardly ever pee now, and I'll sleep when I'll be dead. I'm pretty much an insomniac, anyway)

If a story, movie, show, etc. finishes without closure, you have a powerful need to write a suitable ending. (Who doesn't?)

You like to fidget, tap, or chew on the tip of something when you are trying to come up with a new sentence, paragraph, chapter, or story. (I never chewed my pencils...until I became a writer)

You are in love with the Thesaurus. (...I learned what it was this year)

You dream about your stories. (Who doesn't?)

You dream of new stories. (Again, who doesn't?)

You often revisit some of your old stories. (Duh!)

Someone can call your name twenty times without you hearing if you're writing. (I'm in my own little world, when I'm writing)

You would rather talk to the voices in your head than the person sitting next to you. (It's way nicer and always gives good advice... Great company, really ;])

You would rather write than go out. (Duh. Way more fun)

Your/you're and their/there/they're are errors that send you into an apoplectic fit. (I get on my friend's nerves whenever I start correcting all of their mistakes, whether it's in english or french. I just can't help it)

You get cranky if you don't get to write. (It's the only way I can escape my problems. If I don't write, my problems are in my head 24/7)

You've heard/seen/thought something, and thought, I need to write that down. (Always)

You wake up in the middle of the night and scrabble for a pen and paper you keep next to your bed to write down a scene to make the voices be quiet so you can get some sleep. (Not to make them be quiet, but because they're always good ideas and I need to write them down so I don't forget them)

Getting the scene finished is more important than coffee, the bathroom, or food. (Who needs that stuff, anyway?)

A blank wall becomes the screen where the scene you're writing takes place right in front of your eyes. (Wait... I'm not the only one who does that? Hurray!)

You can't write because you're mad at one of your characters. (They just seem so real to me!)

You start to laugh out loud in public at what something your character might say. (Got weird looks for that...)

Even though you try your hardest to resist, you often correct your own grammar on PM. (Not when I text, but when I PM on Fanfiction, I do write correctly)

You talk to yourself about talking to yourself too much. ("I really have to stop talking to myself... Oh, man! I just talked to myself! Oh, and here I go again...")

Your family/friends have come to the ignore the habit of your talking to yourself. (My friends got used to it and my family laughs at me. Sometimes, I don't even realize I'm doing it)

You've apologized out loud to a character after doing something horrible to them. (What? I felt bad!)

I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a cashier hand this little boy some money back.

The boy couldn't have been more than 5 or 6 years old.

The cashier said, "I'm sorry, but you don't have enough money to buy this doll."

Then the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ''Granny, are you sure I don't have enough money?''

The old lady replied: ''You know that you don't have enough money to buy this doll, my dear.''

Then she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look a round. She left quickly.

The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.

Finally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.

"It's the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas. She was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her."

I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.

But he replied to me sadly. "No, Santa Claus can't bring it to her where she is now. I have to give the doll to my mommy so that she can give it to my sister when she goes there."

His eyes were so sad while saying this. "My sister has gone to be with God. Daddy says that Mommy is going to see God very soon too, so I thought that she could take the doll with her to give it to my sister.''

My heart nearly stopped.

The little boy looked up at me and said: "I told daddy to tell mommy not to go yet. I need her to wait until I come back from the mall."

Then he showed me a very nice photo of him where he was laughing. He then told me "I want mommy to take my picture with her so she won't

forget me. I love my mommy and I wish she doesn't have to leave me, but daddy says that she has to go to be with my little sister."

Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.

I quickly reached for my wallet and said to the boy. "Suppose we check again, just in case you do have enough money for the doll?''

"OK," he said, "I hope I do have enough." I added some of my money to his without him seeing and we started to count it. There was enough for the doll and even some spare money.

The little boy said: "Thank you God for giving me enough money!"

Then he looked at me and added, "I asked last night before I went to sleep for God to make sure I had enough money to buy this doll, so that mommy could give it to my sister. He heard me!''

"I also wanted to have enough money to buy a white rose for my mommy, but I didn't dare to ask God for too much. But He gave me enough to buy the doll and a white rose.''

"My mommy loves white roses."

A few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.

I finished my shopping in a totally different state from when I started. I couldn't get the little boy out of my mind.

Then I remembered a local newspaper article two days ago, which mentioned a drunk man in a truck, who hit a car occupied by a young woman and a little girl.

The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma. Was this the family of the little boy?

Two days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the newspaper that the young woman had passed away.

I couldn't stop myself as I bought a bunch of white roses and I went to the funeral home where the body of the young woman was exposed for people to see and make last wishes before her burial.

She was there, in her coffin, holding a beautiful white rose in her hand with the photo of the little boy and the doll placed over her chest.

I left the place, teary-eyed, feeling that my life had been changed forever.. The love that the little boy had for his mother and his sister

is still, to this day, hard to imagine. And in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.

Now you have 2 choices:

1) Repost this message.

2) Ignore it as if it never touched your heart

“You should date a girl who reads.
Date a girl who reads. Date a girl who spends her money on books instead of clothes, who has problems with closet space because she has too many books. Date a girl who has a list of books she wants to read, who has had a library card since she was twelve.

Find a girl who reads. You’ll know that she does because she will always have an unread book in her bag. She’s the one lovingly looking over the shelves in the bookstore, the one who quietly cries out when she has found the book she wants. You see that weird chick sniffing the pages of an old book in a secondhand book shop? That’s the reader. They can never resist smelling the pages, especially when they are yellow and worn.

She’s the girl reading while waiting in that coffee shop down the street. If you take a peek at her mug, the non-dairy creamer is floating on top because she’s kind of engrossed already. Lost in a world of the author’s making. Sit down. She might give you a glare, as most girls who read do not like to be interrupted. Ask her if she likes the book.

Buy her another cup of coffee.

Let her know what you really think of Murakami. See if she got through the first chapter of Fellowship. Understand that if she says she understood James Joyce’s Ulysses she’s just saying that to sound intelligent. Ask her if she loves Alice or she would like to be Alice.

It’s easy to date a girl who reads. Give her books for her birthday, for Christmas, for anniversaries. Give her the gift of words, in poetry and in song. Give her Neruda, Pound, Sexton, Cummings. Let her know that you understand that words are love. Understand that she knows the difference between books and reality but by god, she’s going to try to make her life a little like her favorite book. It will never be your fault if she does.

She has to give it a shot somehow.

Lie to her. If she understands syntax, she will understand your need to lie. Behind words are other things: motivation, value, nuance, dialogue. It will not be the end of the world.

Fail her. Because a girl who reads knows that failure always leads up to the climax. Because girls who read understand that all things must come to end, but that you can always write a sequel. That you can begin again and again and still be the hero. That life is meant to have a villain or two.

Why be frightened of everything that you are not? Girls who read understand that people, like characters, develop. Except in the Twilight series.

If you find a girl who reads, keep her close. When you find her up at 2 AM clutching a book to her chest and weeping, make her a cup of tea and hold her. You may lose her for a couple of hours but she will always come back to you. She’ll talk as if the characters in the book are real, because for a while, they always are.

You will propose on a hot air balloon. Or during a rock concert. Or very casually next time she’s sick. Over Skype.

You will smile so hard you will wonder why your heart hasn’t burst and bled out all over your chest yet. You will write the story of your lives, have kids with strange names and even stranger tastes. She will introduce your children to the Cat in the Hat and Aslan, maybe in the same day. You will walk the winters of your old age together and she will recite Keats under her breath while you shake the snow off your boots.

Date a girl who reads because you deserve it. You deserve a girl who can give you the most colorful life imaginable. If you can only give her monotony, and stale hours and half-baked proposals, then you’re better off alone. If you want the world and the worlds beyond it, date a girl who reads.

Or better yet, date a girl who writes.”

― Rosemarie Urquico