*smiles... it held me even though it was a painful subject.

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You are a far better writer of First person than you are third person. Your third person style flows and gets more at the depth of characterization. Very fine character work here.
Good flowing real dialogue, a hard skill to develop. That script writing class seems to have helped.
Beginnings are important as they serve to draw the audience into the work: “I sat outside in the crisp morning air. There was none of the usual hustle and bustle this morning that you usually get in this coffee shop. I liked that, a rare slow morning. I could use a few more relaxed paced days.” This sentence feels like a leap in that regard and can probably be reworked to do its job better.
Your protagonist speaker doesn’t have a name taking us to the uncanny valley of first person.

“I shook my head at him. I watched as a couple people walked down the sidewalk. Their backs where turned to me, but I could tell they were smiling at each other as they held hands and walked down the side walk. ” Try to avoid ending two back to back sentences on the same word.
Always room for character and place description. On the good side of the track though. With one exception. The first person speaker is running around without a face and body. Think of how you can tie him interacting with the world and himself. The price to pay of course for writing first person.

Thanks, I will definitely go back and correct that, especially the speaker not having a face bit.

I suck at naming characters, so I tend to avoid doing it as much as possible

was supposed to be Your first person style flows and gets more at the depth of characterization. Very fine character work here.
Good flowing real dialogue, a hard skill to develop. That script writing class seems to have

Thanks, that's actually what I pulled out of it. It's always good to know your strengths and weaknesses