Thank You 2009

Wow, what I've learned from 2009. Some of the deepest shit I went through. It changed my life completely and I learned from it all.

I moved across the country.
My music changed and grew.
I got kicked out of my house.
I got my first real paying gig.
I almost met John Mayer.
I met a new friend who is now family.
I reconnected with an important old friend.
I lost a mentor who had changed not only my life, but my mother and my sister's as well.
I made mistakes.
I did some things right.
I found a goal and I've taken the first step of achieving it.

So, thank you to 2009. I've changed more in that one year than I ever have before and as much as some of it hurt... the good that came from it will always be reward enough.

Look out 2010... I'm ready.

My goal = L.A. Hopefully... if everything goes the way it's seems to be going, I'll be there by spring. Good timing too. The spring is one of my favorite seasons. And fitting to. It's a time where things come to life, almost like a rebirth of sorts. Trees breathe new life and so will I. Soon enough.

As for the music. "Which Way's Home" is my latest song. A very important one to me. A milestone song. It's there to remind me about the point in my life where I was at my lowest and things turned around. Now immortalized in song. It's the type of song that's also left up to the listener to interpret... something for them to apply to there lives when they can't find the words. It's not just a youth's song either. I've had people of all ages tell me that it applied to what there were going through right now. And that makes me happy. I like being able to not only touch the emotional heartstrings of people my age, but that my words cross over to other generations as well.

It's a good feeling.

I'm happy now. Things are going very right for me. Very right indeed. I'm finally allowing myself to break past a barrier I've had up for a while. Taking the next step that my mind would constantly sabotage. I'm happy with where I am. You make me happy with where I am. Thank you. :-)

Anywho, I brought in the new year by putting out a house fire... I'm intrigued to see what the middle and end hold for me. It's gunna be a good year. And I have so many to thank for it. But there are two girls I am especially thankful for. You two are my friends, my love, my family. You have no choice.