2016 was a trial and error year; it was a year of healing and adventure, a year of self discovery and finding without seeking. I was a little lost and I fear I was not a very good friend. I was not a good anything in that time, honestly. My stress level hit 110% before my trip and stayed elevated after returning home. I felt like pieces of me were missing because I did not come back whole. I hated it here, in Texas. I had not been happy here in a very long time and I honestly felt my "home" was pointing a completely different direction. I felt peace and love in every breath I took in Oregon. I left my epicenter there, I think, like a compass needle on the beach.

They say to stay wild but the truth is that I did not feel like I had ever been given the opportunity to be wild or free. My spirit and desires had felt so caged and trapped and I had been so damned afraid to disappoint others for the fear of disappointing myself. I started making changes and some did not like me for them: some quit speaking to me - that was frankly a risk I was willing to take.

This photograph reasonates intense emotions for me; I hope someday we all see something that makes us feel this much & makes us feel so at home in being alive.

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