We've all experienced love. We've all had those moments where we just look at someone and a feeling of immense happiness and joy washes over us like the waterfalls of Niagara Falls.
One of the biggest struggles for me, however, is determining what to do when you realize that the one you love and the one you have all these feelings for is simply just a friend. What do you do?
When I first moved to Florida two years ago, I met some amazing people. But there was one in particular who caught my eye. I remember everything about how we met—it’s almost impossible not to remember. I had decided to go check out a bar that I had heard so much about. Everyone said it was the Thursday night hot spot. Being new to town and only having a couple of friends in the area, I said why not, let’s go! So we all decided to dress up in drag and prance around like we were the hottest thing to come to this town since sliced bread.
This article appears in Feb 2-8, 2012.