this is the end. of something.

i took down all the pictures hanging in my office that the kids have drawn for me over the past two years. my parents came yesterday i took home everything (furniture and all) that i'm not bringing to orlando. and i'm changing my address. this portion of my life is almost done.

and yet this past weekend reminded me that life has a way of never really changing. i still love who i love. i still believe what i believe. i still am at the core who i have always been. and these facts are indeed basic. yet when one is searching. finding which labels they want to stick on themselves...and when those labels are often surprising to the person. the idea that i have never actually changed is affirming. (and a little scary).

but there is peace. i knowing sometimes its hard to get over things. to move on. to be in the moment. to not wish that this or that happened. or i made a different choice.

still. we move on. i am moving on. leaving some things in this city and taking all the love and the lessons i learned here with me. to where ever i go. orlando...california...europe...brooklyn...who knows. and i am taking a deep breathe before i leave, knowing that there are so many more things to learn. and so many more times i will realize i am just me. and that is good enough.