Dear home,

I'm alive, I promise. I haven't forgotten about you. I'm not mad at you. I'm not avoiding you. I'm not blowing you off. I promise I still love you. I'll always love you. But I'm back at the place where I'm completely free. I'm back with the other half of my life. And I can't help but feel like this half of my life is taking over the other half. I'm not sure I'm okay with that, but I don't know how to stop it. Maybe I can't. But I promise I still love you and I always will and I'm doing my best to stay connected.

Love always,
Me.

www.operationbeautiful.com

I go back to Charleston, South Carolina in four days. And, I'm bound and determined to make sophomore year of college ten times better than freshmen year. Don't get me wrong, last year definitely had its good points, but there were more low times and unfortunate incidences than positive experiences. This year, its going to be different!

Close your eyes. Listen to this. Just keep your eyes closed, breathe with the music, and don't fight it. Just go with it. If you react to it the same way I did, it'll carry you away.

e.e. cummings

trust your heart
if the seas catch fire
(and live by love
though the stars walk backward)
honour the past
but welcome the future
(and dance your death
away at the wedding)
never mind a world
with its villains or heros

This just blows me away every time I listen to it.