Jerry Banfield

At 17 years old, I imagined how happy I would be with a beautiful girl in my life because I thought that would change my identity away from being lonely and single.  Each day as I played video games and resented the Universe for not putting the right girl in my life, I never once considered what I would need to do to be prepared to receive what I so desperately wanted.  During my summer between junior and senior year, I worked as a cashier at a grocery store to help save up for my first car and go to college.  Halfway through one day during my break, I grabbed a few snacks from the store I worked at and went to pay for them.  As I put my items on the conveyor belt, I noticed the girl at the register was looking at me in a way no other girl had ever looked at me.  It was like one of those looks you see in the movies where the music starts playing and the characters realize they are madly in love.  I remember being shocked that this was actually happening as we exchanged phone numb