The Best Five Years

" You're at your best with an ache in your chest  And that worn out old song that you play"  -Allison Krauss It's been a while since I've been here, writing on the blog. I think I'm going to change that today, and do you know why? One, this is not going to be much read(at least for a while), and that will give me freedom to really voice my thoughts, and two, I have a lot of thoughts that need to be written.  I am busy with school and life, but I've been trying to journal at least three times a week. I've been laughing often, listening to good music, and surrounding myself with good people. I miss my friends back in Washington, and I miss things that have passed, but I am learning each day that life brings the unexpected, and there is no sense in wanting to go back and have once more what has passed. I love to think back, cry a few tears, and pray a prayer of thankfulness for the life I've led so far, but I am happy now, h appy to be here, to be lea...

"A man learns who is there for him When the glitter fades and the walls won't hold 'Cause from then, rubble One remains Can only be what's true If all was lost Is more I gain 'Cause it led me back To you" -From Now On, The Greatest Showman     There is a line at which those who are false cease to cross. The boat has sailed, and those left at the bank care not whether those aboard ship make it safely to their destination, for they themselves are safe on shore. That is what I've found, anyway. Those who you think are your friends are there, then gone in an instant. They forget you instead of stepping up to the task of being your friend.      I was just listening to From Now On , and it struck me forcibly of this very fact. That those who are true will be brought out in times of the most severe loss. And, those who were only in it for their gain fade away forevermore. This has been good and bad for me. I hurt deeply and long for my f...