Hello blog world! Long time no write. A little over two months to be exact. I've been completely submerged in my everyday life. I've been comfortable; yet treading the steady waters of my life. I'm bitter-sweet about this year ending already. So many things have occurred this year packed into a small punch hitting me square in the face. I've been doubled over in the anxieties of the emotional rollercoaster I've been riding all year. All things; good and bad are taken in stride no doubt. Somewhere along the bumpy ride; I lost my pen and many pieces to my life's puzzle.

A new operation is in order. I'm devoting myself to picking up that pen again, and getting back to letting my ink drip; outlining the footprints of every step that I take. I'm still totting my duffle bag full of ideas, dreams, goals and unwritten thoughts of success. My brain is oozing over with agendas for the new year. This will be a life changing year for me. I've worked my ass off all year only to hold a steady head barely above water. I'm proud of myself nonetheless, because I held my own. I was making it day in and day out by myself. However, it's time for me to take off. But I can't do that without making a change. A BIG ONE! I know what I have to do, and I'm in the process of taking the proper precautions. My daily routine will not be the same, and it scares me shitless, but it's time. I'll be twenty-six years old in two months. I have goals to meet by my 30th birthday; February 12, 2014.

Life without thankfulness is devoid of love and passion. Hope without thankfulness is lacking in fine perception. Faith without thankfulness lacks strength and fortitude. Every virtue divorced from thankfulness is maimed and limps along the spiritual road.

- John Henry Jowett

Wisdom, maturity, patience, love and thankfulness have all been taken to the next level throughout this year. Although, not everything went the way that I planned this year; I still came out on top. I've lost some very dear loved ones along this year's journey, and I miss them more than what any words can express. That alone lights the fire underneath me to push forward, and make my loved ones proud; those fallen and standing.