Hey everyone! I hope you all had a lovely christmas! I haven't done a journal entry in a while, so yeah, here I am writing a last of 2012

A year has gone by and it feels like only a few days have passed! It's incredible, I think. The year of 2012 is done and over it, and I don't know what to feel about it. A lot of things have happened, and I mean A LOT. In my case, there has been a lot of ups, but unfortunately just as many downs. Good things have happened and bad things too. I have had my fair amount of joys, laughter, tears and everything else. I have lost precious people (may they rest in peace) I have gained new friends and found out a lot about myself. I have changed so much, but at the same time not at all. I have done things, I regret, and things I'm proud of. I've lived life as it is and taken it head on. I think that's all part of growing up, but that's just my opinion.

The reason I wrote this journal is mostly, because I want to remind myself that after a hurricane, there comes a rainbow. I look forward to a new year full of challenges for me to overcome. I know that things will get rough, but I'll have to see it through no matter what. And that's my advice to all of you, who have bothered to read this entry of mine. Don't give up. No matter what you are doing, never quit it. I think it was Lance Armstrong who said "Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever." I want to live by those words, and I wish you all the best! Happy New Year to everyone on dA.