it's over

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i was walking home from school yesterday, and i thought, "wow, this is really the end."

and it truly is the end... of middle school.

and although it is only the end of yet another school year, i started to reflect what great things have happened this year. the many awesome things.

• i turned fourteen 
• i attended an amazing school
• i learned more than i have ever thought possible
• i successfully got into a high school
• i rediscovered my love for art and drawing
• i started to read again
• i started this blog
• i started to cook
• i started to bake
• i started to write
• i started taking photographs 
• i became comfortable with aloneness 

i have learned a tremendous amount this year. many of which are not noted on the beginning of this already long list. it could go on. 

i can admit i have very much changed since the beginning of the year. and i am thankful for the people who have helped shape me into the young woman i am now.

to my parents, teachers, peers, and others, i want to thank you all.

i cannot wait for the amazing changes of next year. i can already see great things.

summer has finally begun.