The past year has been really...full. It has shown me some of the brightest highlights of life (falling in love, the birth of my brother's best friend's daughter a year ago tomorrow, the togetherness of family, exploring a little more of the world...) and some of the darkest shadows (losing Saba a year ago Saturday, seeing more examples of how low people will go, the headaches of selling real estate, losing Cassidy yesterday, insurance companies, other unmentionables...) I suppose I should have learned a thing or two but right now I just feel spent. I just want to say, with all the ups and downs, I am grateful for the people in my life. I'm grateful to my friends for being there through the rollercoaster that's been my life lately... I'm grateful I found my oldest friend in the world, Zara...and grateful she said I'm still the same-old-Carley. Sometimes I think I lost myself along the way. I'm grateful for my family, near and far, who have been so supportive of everything I've done recently...I'm glad even with the ups and downs, particularly the loss of Saba, that we were able to all come together and channel the pain from life into love for one another. I'm grateful to Dan for holding me when I'm sad or scared...and not running when I get scary...and loving and laughing like it'll never end. Mostly I'm grateful to have the parents that I was given. Not too many people know what those two have been through to help me out this year. As tough as it's been for me, it's been at least as tough for them b/c they have had to pick me up when I've fallen. Sure, we've had our differences of opinion (to say the least) but at the end of the day, I know exactly what family and love mean in their most perfectly imperfect forms because of those two people. And that brother of mine ain't so bad either, lawyerly multiple double negatives and all. Thank you all for being a part of my life. Just know that I'm here for you, too.
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