A year wiser

26 years old, or young depending on how you look at it, but what I do know is that it is a new year, a new me, a new everything. I have done, seen and explored more places then I ever thought possible, I have lived out my dreams every day. I dreamed of a life that was conected to an airplane and perhaps I have spent half of my life in one. A beautiful start to a new life, it is strange how time flies by each day, it seems like yesterday I was celebrating with my best friends at University when we skipped our classes and started drinking a one o’clock. I turned 20, and had no business in any bar. Or 21 when many celebrations were a daze. How about 22, I can not even remember where I was or what I was doing. Or 23 in Korea, spending the weekend running around the city, drinking wine with the girls, dancing all night with my lover and sleeping in a love motel with many friends. My boyfriend that was to become my fiancé was on the phone, a ring was on my finger, it sparkled and glittered yellow and gold. I was in love with two men at the same time. Or 24 when I was ready to be married, I had a house with my fiancé in Washington and our friends came to celebrate with wine and fun, we had dinner at an Asian restaurant and spent the rest of the night drinking and playing in the city. A good night turned bad with a relationship that wasn’t right. One of my favorite bdays so far is 25, in a new city with new friends that would become my family. My lover flew from Rome to spend my birthday in the South with me, we drank wine, ate pizza and stumbled home at 4 am with more than a buzz. In love we skipped home holding hands and talking to my mom. We had a sweet party and all of my friends came to celebrate. 26 the best lovers have seemed to become a blur, a new boyfriend but the same city and same friends that celebrated 25 with me in the South of Italy. On mid night of the 28^th I sat in my flat with my boyfriend, drinking wine and whispering in Italian to one another. He continues to surprise me, and the day isn’t over. And it has been absolutely beautiful so far. I have been blessed each day, every moment. What more could I ask for? Nothing, plain and simple, nothing more or nothing less.