Dear World,

'all good things must come to an end' right? no, i think not. high school was definitely not considered 'good.' the PEOPLE and some of the times were good, and i am going to miss so many of the AMAZING people i have come to know and love. but i know that those relationships that have kept my sanity in tact will continue to grow stronger. i would rather die than lose those people.

Graduation is Sunday. it is meant to be a happy ceremony where the accomplishments of devoted students are meant to be celebrated. but for me, it will be a tough thing to get through. i lost someone very close to me who never got to see me perform a show or even start high school. he never got to see my amazing, though sometimes klutzy, soccer skills. he never got to see the work i did for the yearbook or the Aerial. he will never be able to see me graduate high school or college, never see me grow up and possibly get married or be the editor that i want to be. and as i write this, i have to fight back tears. my uncle Ray was so incredibly important to be and he wont be here to witness the things i have done. he passed away in march of my 8th grade year, after fighting cancer. i know that i am selfish in wanting him here to be with me as i take a huge leap into a new and unknown future, especially when he is in a far greater place than this black pit we call Earth. i wish he could be here so badly that its a physical pain in my chest. that's why i wear the locket he had picked out for me for my 16th birthday, which he wasn't here for. i miss you, Unkie. i know that you will be watching me as i take my diploma and move the tassel on my cap on Sunday. but that still doesn't make up for the empty place only you could fill. i love you and miss you so much and i dedicate my whole high school career to you.

hmm. now that i got that off my chest, i feel incredibly better. i had a good day for my last day of school and i had so much fun this afternoon at the movies with Caitlin and her mommy. Letters to Juliet is a fantastic movie that made the hopeless romantic in me melt. go see it.

Pretty Princess says farewell.