New Beginnings...

Hey all... another year has come and gone, and I am now starting my countdown to the half-way mark to fifty! Yep that's right I turned twenty-four yesterday, and although I don't feel older, I know that I have changed over this past year. I learned not to take things for granted. To know that time wasted, isnt' wasted if you enjoyed wasting it. :D I learned that you get more satisfaction out of something that you haven't paid full price for.

I've also learned that your life is like a living photograph, ever changing and never constant. Times have been good, and bad. I have struggled with friendships, weakend and strengthed them. I have been ill, and busy with work, but I still cling to the hope of family time. I have also learned that I don't need a man to define me. I don't need anyone to define me, because as long as I know who I am and believe in myself, then no one can hold me against myself. I've learned to enjoy life, to not wait for someone to go with me to do something fun... that I am a strong independent woman who can and does go to the movies by herself. I can honestly say that I can depend on myself, even when I haven't been able to depend on those I thought I could. This has been a year of change, a year of accomplisment, sorrow, heartbreak, and learning.

You sit there reading my post and wonder, well what else can she say... what will she miss about this past year? I answer by saying, I will miss the love lost, the friends who have moved on, the time not spent with family. But I will move on into this new year of life with an eager heart. A Kaleidoscope Heart as Sara Bareilles sings in her new album. I am going to be open, and giving, being the friend everyone deserves as Oprah states about her longtime friend Gayle. I will perservere and I will be the women God has made me to be. I wish everyone joy and happiness, and the faith to believe in the things they cannot see. Via Con Dias Amigos!
Love Always, Natalie