It’s insane that basically another year has passed since my last post.

I had said I’d start blogging again in 2018, yet here I am, writing my second post of the year on December 29th, 2018.

But boy, what a year it’s been.

So much more has happened in 2018 than I thought had happened in 2017.

So many good things, fun things, amazing things. So many incredible memories made.

But also a lot of hard things happened too. Things that helped me (or forced me to) grow, and learn, and become who I am and who I’m becoming.

I turn 25 in about 2 weeks and am just realizing now as I reflect on the last year that 24 is a great age, but it’s not the easiest age. It’s an age you want to ‘start getting your life together since you’re no longer a fresh college grad,’ yet you also are basically just as clueless as you were the day you graduated. But, it’s an age where you start to realize that that’s okay.

The end of 2018 was pretty tough. On top of a lot of work stress, we had some heavy things happen in our extended family – a lot of pain, tears, and sadness.

While I wouldn’t want to go through any of it again, it brought us all even closer and helped us appreciate what we have even more.

I guess ending the year feeling grateful for family, friends, health, and the things we have at this moment that we know we won’t have forever is not the worst way to end a year.

I have more to say and actually want to say it in 2019.

And I think I’m going to.

Yours Truly,

Laur