Five years ago today, I thought I had everything I ever wanted.
Five years ago I was happy and moving forward.
Five years ago I never knew the pain and heartache of losing someone close to you.
Five years ago I never knew what it was like to lose someone you thought you were going to spend the rest of your life with.
Five years ago I never knew what it was like to say goodbye to a friend or member of your family.
Five years ago, I could have been called naive.
In those five years since, I've learned that when certain things change in the blink of an eye.
In five years, I've learned more definitions of the word finality that I would care to know.
What I failed to realize five years ago is that what started off as a trail to pain and heartache was a rebirth.
Five years ago I was given a new life at the end of an old one.
I am stronger now than I was five years ago.
Five years is not a long time, but enough time to change you for the better.
