I'm on a philosophical roll here, stay with me. Here it goes;

Times change. People change. Life goes on.

If I went back to a year ago and told myself what my life is like now, I wouldn't believe myself.

I've done things I never thought I would do, I've lost friends I never thought I would lose, I've also gained friends I never thought I would. People I expected to be there forever drifted, people I didn't expect to be there at all stepped up and helped me out. I made some incredibly stupid mistakes, I also learned some important life lessons from those mistakes. I reached some important turning points, I faced them head on and didn't fall on my ass. I left the comfort of my home, I learned to be independent. I fell in love and didn't fall back out.

What I'm trying to get to is, to all of you who were here through thick and thin, to all of you who embarked on this journey with me; I truly, truly love you, you know who you are, and you are so special to me I can't even describe it. I think we're past the rough patches. If you didn't leave through that, I think I can count on you guys forever. You're my little pieces of blue skies, you make me happy when I feel like the world is crashing in on me, you give me hope, or at least provide some type of entertainment. :)

The past year was both brilliant and also really shit, I laughed harder than before, I also cried harder than I ever had. There was a lot of friendship drama, a lot of relationship drama a LOT of family drama, there were a lot of memories, a lot of pictures, a lot of laughs, a lot of inside jokes, a lot of bad hair days, a lot of fashion disasters, a lot of town trips, a lot of alcohol, a lot of txts, a lot of dreams. I don't regret a single second of it. It got me to where I am now. And I'm in a damn good place. Maybe I'll be in a slightly better place when I finish this essay :P

~Dakky out :)

ILY