While it is very much a bittersweet feeling, I can't even express how happy I feel, how blessed I have been these past eighteen-and-a-half years, for the friends I have made, the things I have learned, and the utter gifts that have been bestowed upon me.
This won't be easy, but I know I can do it. Nevertheless, I can't do it alone. I already can't wait until the day I come back, likely four months from now, to the date. Until then, though, my new life begins, a new and exciting life. I trust that good things will be brought to me, and that I'll be able to more freely express who it is I am.
For everyone I've ever spoken with, helped, gotten help from...anything, really, a big thank you. You all deserve it.
Tomorrow I arrive in the eastern seaboard. Tomorrow it really begins. Hmm.
