My husband gives great advice

At 19-years-old on the phone one night

I felt like I was on the brink of a shattered life

Had I spent too much money, was I letting everyone down, was I flake

Was I going to drown, was it all a mistake

I explained it all in detail – about doing something I didn’t want to do

Simple as the basketball team

Turns out college wasn’t what it had seemed

He simply said, “I don’t know what’s wrong with you – drop that crap”

Now looking back 16 years, I laugh

We weren’t married then

He was just a good friend

The best I’ve had

He dishes wisdom any time I need it

Just yesterday I was about to go mad, about to walk into a trap

He simply told me to “drop that crap”

He said, “To not enjoy life is a sin”

And “If you don’t enjoy it now then when?

Because now is all we have

So don’t care what people think

I’ll be your shrink

And finally, drop that crap”

I listened to what he said

And walked out of the web