What I know...

"If you're brave enough to say goodbye, the world will great you with a new hello"

Five years ago, I left for Alaska. I signed up two weeks before camp started, quit my job, left behind my boyfriend and my friends and went to a remote place called Wasilla to live for the next 3 months.

It changed my life, forever.

I still remember the trips, the girls, the moments, the tears. Those girls motivated me to get back in school, start a life for me and find my own path.

I did.

Now, five years later, I am saying goodbye to another group of girls that I cannot imagine my life without. A group of girls who have changed me again.

As I say goodbye to these girls, I know, without a doubt every single one of them will go on to do great things. Girls who study abroad, or work in remote alaskan towns tend to be pretty damn strong. 

I know that forever, these moments we had will be perfect. That we are leaving Siena as changed people, but together we have a semester of life that nobody can take away. These girls were meant to be a part of my life, what we shared has no flaws, no regrets.


It's like the ending of an era. 

I graduate in December, finally.
I guess you could say I've never been one to do stuff the traditional route.  
I did it my way, on my time, exactly how I should have.


I can't help but feel as though the timing isn't by accident, that these two experiences in my life mark two important moments that together create a chapter, one that is now closing.

For the first time in my life, I feel ready to settle down.

I am deeply in love with a man that I want to be with and create a family with.

I have great friends who I want to become closer with.

I am actually ready for the future, ready for the next chapter, ready to start my version of the American Dream.

The girls here were the perfect ending to a great chapter.

Everything they taught me will be carried over into the beginning.

My life will never be without them.

Grazie Mille Tutti.
Ti amo.

"Your journey has molded you for the greater good. It was exactly what it needed to be. Don't think you've lost time. It took each and every situation you have encountered to bring you to the now and now is right on time. "