OPEN LETTER TO: CHOCOLATE

January 29, 2007

Dear chocolate

Oh how I do love you so, even though I know we should break up I find myself coming back for more. I really think that it would be best if we went our separate ways, but every time I try to leave you sweet talk me into coming back just for a little more, and the longer I stay, the harder I find it to walk away.

I remember the first time we met when I was a little girl, my mom handed you to me, and I saw your shinny wrapper, oh how you could be so intriguing. I remember unwrapping you and shoving you into my mouth. The taste was wonderful, it was filled with sugar and sweetness of all different kinds, and from that moment on I have been hooked, I guess you could call me your biggest fan.

As the years went on we stayed pretty close. You were always there for me when I had a fight with my best friend, always knowing how to make me feel better, and the best part was, you were always on my side. You always knew how to bring a smile to my face, all that I would have to do was pop you into my mouth and I would feel better in seconds.

As the years passed you started to gain some aggression towards me. When I was having a bad day you only made me feel worse about myself and not better at all. When I would try and be nice to you, you would make me feel bad and leave me with a stomach ache that would hurt so bad. I would not talk to you for long periods of time, but when I did our reunion was joyful. After a week or so we would slip back into the same old pattern we were in before.

This is why I am saying goodbye. We have started to take two different paths in life and have grown apart. I feel it is time for me to let go. So this is my final farewell to you, I hope you will be able to live without me, because I certainly will have a hard time living without you.