The Beginning

Hello all.
This is a new beginning. Of a lot of things I hope.
I'm starting out this new year with a bunch of new things:
1) A new major and new career path
2) A whole new set of friends
3) A new set of ideals (for my life)
4) An engaged and pregnant best friend
5) A healthier lifestyle
6) A new job (hopefully soon!)
7) A new family (my brother's in-laws)
8) A new determination for my life.

I started out the new year in a plane over the island of Honolulu. I watched the fireworks go off all over the island and even though watching game me a kink in my neck, it filled me with a new kind of hope. This year a whole bunch of stuff went on that was both good and bad, happy and sad. This year, I'm determined to focus more on me and what I need. I need to focus on school and on how to better myself as a photographer. Focus on my family and how they're dealing with the blows life throws them. Focus on my faith and try to get my relationship with God back to the point I want it at. Focus on creating new bonds with people I don't want to ever lose.

I'm not looking back anymore. What happened in the past shaped me, and that's all I'm letting it do anymore.

Here's to a wonderful new year!