It’s Been a While…

So I moved! I know what you’re thinking.

Well I don’t, actually. What’s everyone been up to? It’s been an eternity since I posted anything whatsoever on this blog, and for that I apologize. I’m sure you have all missed me dearly, the two of you. Thanks for reading Mom!

This one’s for all of you that I left behind in Montana for the time being. For those that I will miss dearly, whether you know it or not. For those that helped me through some of the most vital years of my existence. I am very grateful and forever indebted. Stop here if run-on sentences piss you off, because this is chalk-full of them. Sorry in advance.

The Big Sky, the place I was born and raised. This is au revoir for now. I should have known I would miss you the most. Writing to you in the midst of the first month of my being in Washington, I am filled with nostalgia. You taught me to see what’s in front of me, not what I have passed by. You have shown me years worth of love and support from loved ones, shining through them in the wildest of ways. You are made up of endless skies, fields of wheat, mountains upon mountains, and an ever-growing amount of beauty only held by the individuals who know you well enough. Long drives through minuscule communities almost no one can name, just to get to the cities you hold, hidden behind the immense wilderness and miles of oblivion. Weekend trips to places we’ve been hundreds of times, just to watch musicians sweat on each other, then remembering why we spent five hours in a car. This one is for those of us who have spent unlimited time on cruisers, preparing to play a sport in another town, memorizing lines for a play that will be performed for a total of four days in you high school auditorium to forty people you have known since you were brought into this world, and so much more. I would like to take this time to say a simple thank you.

As for my family and friends, this is more like a second hello instead of a goodbye, for I cannot part with you the way I can with a residency. I have taken a little part of each of you with me, tangible or not, to remember you the best I can while I am a couple hundred miles away. Also, it’s not like I won’t visit often. Geez, stop being so dramatic 🙂

In conclusion, I want this to be a new beginning for both myself and my dearest pal Amanda, who is accompanying me on this crazy journey. It will be a whirlwind of experiences, emotions, occupations, and whatever else comes with living a life to the very best of our abilities. Also, I want to write more on this thing so it doesn’t become just another site I used for a millisecond and forget about completely. It deserves a better Paige, and so do you. Thank you for reading. Stay tuned, I promise you will hear more from me in the nearest of futures.

Remember kids, the point of living is not to live, it is to do so the only way one really wants to, through the dreams your subconscious inspires you with. Through the inklings your brain comes up with at 3 am. Through the memories that make you laugh, cry, feel things unimaginable to your former self. Through the people that leave a rip in your skin and the ones that patch it up. Through the moments that time stands still and all you feel is the rising of your chest as breathe forms, blood flowing through you as you run towards better experiences without forgetting about past ones. Through the changes you expected and the ones that knocked you out cold. Through the things you create, destroy, and create once more. Most importantly, through the best version of yourself you can muster up. You deserve it, more than anyone.

On that note, stay radical everyone.