2007 saw me:

realizing how much I loved home;
only to have to move 89789374238 miles away when I did.

graduating from high school;
only to start one final year all over again in a new country.

preparing to brave a place so foreign, with people so unfamiliar ;
only to feel belittled and overwhelmed by it all.

caught up in denial, running from truths and lies;
only to find out they always catch up in the end.

content with another, a moment;
only to be confused the next.

certain about the near future;
only to finally find myself in the midst of a blur.

chasing freedom;
and still after it.

at my best and worst, as does every year.

2007 also saw me:

letting go;
only for the better.

finding a little more of myself ;
& doing it on purpose

through many firsts;
that trailed after the unforeseen.

finally taking a risk- or rather a chance, with my eyes open;
aware, but in a way...indifferent.

falling short of the person I wanted to be;
only to grow up a little.

learning not to take the people I love for granted, ever.


November tripped me.
2007 towards the end,
saw me fall :)


I'd say 2007 was a good year,
one that I'm not sorry I had;
but one that came and went, all too quickly.

Anyhow;

Dear 2008,

Please be good to me.

Love,
Michele C.


They say the way you spend New Year's Eve,
is the way you'll be spending the rest of the year.
I had a great one, with awesome people :)

& so,
here's to hoping.