17th Birthday

.....seventeen years have gone so fast...

So, another birthday rolls around. Here are seventeen things:

Things that I'm grateful for:

1. My family, who have always been there through everything.

2. My friends. From my new LV friends, to my best friend Emma, to Paige, who I've known since I was a baby, to bloggers, and everyone in between. You are all loved and appreciated.

3. Life in general. Seriously, every day I wake up is a gift from God.

4. That EJ is better after being sick for a month.

5. That I now have some direction in my life.

Five exciting things that happened this year:

6. I fell in love with theater, music and art all over again

7. I figured out where I'm going to college

8. I became a better skater.

9. I'm getting my braces off after three years 

10. I realized I can never please everybody, and I'm okay with that now.

Things I've learnt:

11. Everyone is a paper tiger

12. Monsters don't sleep under your bed. They sleep in your head.

13. There are so many kinds of beautiful

14. Sticks and stones will break my bones 

but words will only cause permanent psychological damage.

15. How horrible it is to love something death can touch

16. Chemistry is nothing to be laughed at

17. Happiness depends upon yourself

And right in this moment I think that it's perfectly safe to say that I am quite happy.