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"Isn't it crazy how we can look
back a year ago and realize how much
everything has changed?
The amount of people that have left your life, entered, and stayed.
The memories you won't forget
and the moments you wish you did.
Everything.
It’s crazy how all that happened in just one year.”


This year I found myself.
I figured out what it truly meant to be a daughter, sister, and friend.

 

 

I went off to New York to embark on the next chapter of my life not knowing it was going to teach me all the lessons that it did. I realized that when I set my mind to something there is no doubt I can achieve it. I became someone’s role model and friend. I learned what it meant to commit even if the outcome isn’t at all what I expected. I got my heart broken, a lot. Although it sucked, each time it taught me a little more about myself and the things I want and don’t want. I know now that people have the ability to not forgive and forget and all you can do is accept what is. I realized the importance of family and that no matter what life throws your way they will in fact always be there for you, even if you took them for granted. This year I found my voice and with that came myself worth. I realized that friendships do come and go, and that there isn’t anything you can do about it but let it be. That the people that choose to stay in your life are the ones you want there anyway. I started school and it wasn’t easy. There were so many times I wanted to just pack up and run home but I didn’t. For once in my life I stayed. I met some of my best friends this year and am so grateful for that. I figured out that those really hard days when I felt like my world was falling beneath me were just stepping stones to what was destined for me. Those lessons I learned the hard way were blessings in disguise. I learned the meaning of happiness. 

In just 365 days I learned all of this. In my 21 years of life I have never been able to look back at the previous year as thankful as I am today. And maybe with all of that came maturity and the ability to look at the good instead of the negative. I am entering the New Year excited for the future because of what 2013 has taught me.