Time. I find it amazing how we allow time to control us. The way we allow time to dominate our lives, placing barriers on us, forbidding us from living in true “freedom”. Upon graduating from high school I came to the realization that no matter how much I try to reverse the roles and be the one controlling time for once, this will never be possible. As the last week of school was flying right before me, I realized I couldn’t stop time. I was quietly trying bring time to a pause, in order to be with the men who I came to call my brothers just a few days longer. But time ended up slapping me in my face. Time didn’t wait for me to come to terms with reality, and the only choice I had left was to make the best of what was left of my senior year.

Along with that realization, I also came to find that I couldn’t BEAT time, but I was able to CHEAT time. I wasn’t able to stop time altogether, but i was able to hold on to it. I can now say that moments of laughter can last through days of suffering, just if you hold on to it correctly. There are moments in which we would love to be stuck in, but since this is impossible, we might as well let those moments be stuck to us.