I spent most of today reflecting about last year...it was a really different year for me I'll tell you that much.

I returned to FA after a very long, very arduous hiatus, I broke up with my girlfriend of seven years and woke up to her having stolen everything I own. I've worked hard to regain what I had before and have mostly succeeded. I started working on my dream of working in the kitchen and lost the respect of the lot of my family who think I am wasting my intellect and artistic talent by going into culinary.

I lost a friend, someone I thought of as a sister, been tossed aside and completely locked from every trying to rekindle any kind of friendship. But I have also seen my love tested by the fire of doubt and hardship to come out only all the brighter for the trouble.

I know that in 2012, a year I had hoped at one time to actually be the end of the world, I have found a strength in myself that I didn't know I had. I found my soul mate, a man I love dearly and someone who actually loves me back. I have found out who my true friends are, and surprise surprise it was the ones that were there all along. I have found my "pack" and I can only weep with joy that I have such wonderful people in my life.

I can only say Thank You, to all of you, for making this year what it was. To I love you more than life itself, and I cannot wait til I am back in your arms. To thank you for being an amazing friend and for always being there when I needed you, I regret all the time I was never online and I thank you for everything you've done for me as a friend and as a furry mentor. To Nikolai I can only say you've been my friend for so long I cannot imagine life without you, thank you for everything and I love you, you're like a brother to me man. To thought I doubt you are reading this, I wish that life is kind to you and you find what you are looking for in this world.

Here's to 2013 people!! Happy New Year!