"you are the best gift I have ever received, no one, or anything will ever replace that..."

I arrived into a dry desert six years ago, desperate to escape, dreadful of the truths that were inevitable to face.

Fast forward, a couple of years. A death in the family. Journeys to Europe, NYC, the South (like Texas) Nevada for some gambling fun...and then a slight pit stop in the town that birthed me; Eugene.

My little red Ford Escort was packed to the T. My venture was unknown, traveling three thousand miles to where I only knew one person and her family. The best choice I ever made in my life by far.

Atlanta was a roller coaster of some sorts. I was a fresh twenty-one year old, dressed in a past that barred too much for the age that I walked in- but none the less, I still wore it.

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Shoot through a year. Several relationships, some random, some not so, but all very significant, made, and all divine. When I speak of my love for the South, it's all those faces that left marks on my heart...ones that will never leave me, even after my time has passed here on earth...you'll stay with me forever.

Chapter II- you greet me with an overwhelming sense of joy, anxiety, and relief. I know that my future is not something that I must fear, but rather something I look forward to. My friends, have all grown their worlds accustom to their lives, as they should, and here I stand observing, taking notes, and breathing in the independence that I have. Restricted in some ways, but so liberated in others. 

Me, my camera, the road, and life await me. Are you curious to see what I find? Or perhaps what finds me? I am. Thrilled cannot describe what it is that I am feeling. 

My departure from Atlanta is now less than a week away, as midnight has come and passed, and I sit, propped up against a kitchen cupboard lies this girl, me. I'll be back, soon. Not to live, but rather conveniently visit.

One page at a time. One choice at a time...one step in front of the other...patience clothes me, along with the love that reinforced itself in my brief stay in the South.

Atlanta, you are the best gift I have ever received, no one, or anything will ever replace that...