Here's to: well, everything.

The thing about new beginnings is that they require something else to end.

2015: gone. 2016: ahead. Experiences of this past year have officially been filed away into the good ol' memory box. They will be re-visited often and remembered as some of the greatest, most adventurous memories of my life thus far. This time last year, I was just returning home from my time in Peru: the greatest first out-of-country experience I could have ever hoped for. I sincerely hope everyone I love is given such an opportunity to find a refueled ambition for life and greater realization of their potential. Such opportunities were mine in Peru, and 2015 was welcomed with insurmountable blessings: I wrote a play and saw it produced; after taking a leap and applying for grad school in London, I was accepted; my wonderful job gave me the support necessary to fund my crazy dream of moving to London; and finally, that dream became a reality. I shared my first ten days in Europe with my beautiful mother; the loveliest of experiences that I will treasure forever. When she returned home and left me to begin my new life alone, I felt incredibly insecure and unsure of my capability to do so much on my own. But I did; I took a deep breath and inhaled all the change and possibility that was headed my way.

Now, at the end of the old, and at the start of this new year, I am once again reminded just how wonderful life can be; and how loved we are by our Father in heaven. Every individual's life path is a testament of how well the Lord knows each and every one of us. The power of hindsight is the ability to see the Lord's hand at work; to look back and understand with better clarity, that what once was a seemingly closed door, was in fact God's way of saying: "Not yet", or "Don't worry; I have something better for you".

Have faith in the Lord's timing, my friends. This new year is sure to bring beautiful adventures for all; just maybe not when and in the way we expect. But they will come; and just as He knows us better than we know ourselves, these unexpected adventures will end up being just what we need in the long run.

All my love, dearest ones. May the experiences of this past year make you feel loved, and may this upcoming year bring you all the happiness and adventure the world has to offer.