How Lucky!

This year has been challenging.

So much has happened.

I started my blog, discovered new people, revisited my anxieties, started new adventures, had beautiful lovers- and not-so-good ones.

I also had a lovely relationship and got ghosted by another one; I traveled, I fought, I partied, I began a new career, got fired, got rehired, discovered how much I enjoy writing, rediscovered myself, had a crisis when I turned 25, moved, got a beautiful dog, gained weight, lost weight, discovered how much I love lingerie- and sharing it with you-rediscovered my family, found new best friends, discovered a new neighborhood, had the best trip with friends, got my heart a little broken and I and pieced it back together.

The list could go on…

So many things. It was a year of so much change, but the one thing I can take out of it is how lucky I am.

How lucky I am to have met all these people, traveled so much, and shared so much. To live in a dream city in a beautiful apartment with a killer view. How lucky I am to have badass friends, my dog Catalino, and all those crises that led me up to this moment.

I've realized that we live so much in the "what if" in the "I want but can't have" that we forget to look in the mirror and realize how lucky we are.

We are so lucky to be alive, breathe, have love, friends, and heartbreak. 

I'm very lucky, because of that person that ghosted me, I found a way back to myself.

I'm lucky because even though I spent half of the year in quarantine, I got to travel, get out, dance, and meet incredible people on those travels. To meet filmmakers who made me dream in pictures, artists who reminded me of my love for art, and entrepreneurs who taught me how to follow my dreams. 

I'm lucky to have had all those unforgettable experiences this year.

I'm lucky because even though my insecurities came back for a little, I got over them, knowing that I would be alright.

I'm lucky because I rediscovered my beautiful family; I established an unbreakable friendship with my mother.

I'm lucky to have experienced what unconditional love for a child is.

I'm so lucky because I'm finding my way back home. I'm lucky because I got to see what challenges this beautiful life throws at us, and I know that they will keep coming. And yes, I'm scared sometimes. But you know what? I'm lucky to be here, today, now, writing this for you. 

I'm lucky to have you, to have someone that is reading these words right now, be it from a stranger or a friend. I'm lucky you're here.

Thank you.

I appreciate you.

I will cherish this luck, forever.

With all my love,

L