annual gush

So exactly one year and several hours ago, I moved back to Washington. It's been an amazing year actually. I've gone through some of the most profound changes of my youngish life. Some I had no control over like sliding head first (with no head protection) into my thirties. Some changes were consciously implemented like finally allowing myself to deal with some fairly difficult things that I had stuffed into a catachasm of perpetual avoidance. I started to truly live on my own for the first time, I finally accepted full responsibility for the life I'm making for myself. In the process, I've realized that I have the capacity to love myself as a whole, which made loving other people better and more rewarding. And I'm lucky to have so many wonderful people in my life to love, my family, my great friends, my gentleman friend... Despite my fickleness, flair for the dramatic, and often unexpressed appreciation, I'm in a very good stage in my life and coming back to Seattle was one of the best decisions I've made.