After numerous cups of coffee, pinkish glowing of lights, concerts, lazy afternoons, heartaches, telephone calls, and late nights, here we are again. The previous year brought me to a lot of places and to a lot of different people- it witnessed me grow and fit into the person I am now as I slowly changed along with the passing of days. It was a good year, and I'll miss it. I left a part of me everywhere I've been to, from the places I lingered on and in the people I've met- those who've been part of my 2012 just as they've left parts of them with me. This is just to say that I'm thankful.

On the first day of January last year, I wrote on my journal, "Teach me to be honest, help me brave," and I feel myself a lot more honest than I used to be then, but bravery is still something I'm trying not to be afraid of embracing. 2013 is my last high school year and first college year. I can only hope that this time I'll learn to be more open to things, to stand in front of doors brimming with opportunities, and that I'll be brave enough to open them.