free bird!

[choklyt]

i honestly feel like im becoming a new woman... i feel so free.

talking to my dad last night really helped me understand what im feeling. he was telling me that sometimes people just grow apart like him and cheryl brinster (my sister's aunt). as time has gone on, i really do feel like im growing apart from bobby. i know that i used to not feel that

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[amy_kathleen]

With every new entry I read of yours I can't help but smile. I have never had the chance to get to know you very well - which I regret, and we must spend some time together when I am in PDX next - but I see change and development in your confidence and integrity with each journal update. Its amazing to see another young woman figuring out what it's like to be herself instead of someone's 'other'. I was terrified when Jesse and I first broke up that I would stop being friends with everyone we had come to know together. That because they were "our" friends and so much of my life and my energy was focused on him, they then would all cease being "my" friends. I was wrong. Very wrong. It felt good to have my insecurities over that kind of thing float away. And even though I started dating Miles right away, I was still allowed the chance to strengthen my friendships once I was just Amy. Not Jesse and Amy, or Jesse's girlfriend. And my bonds, especially with my girlfriends, became much stronger. I was more confident, more selfish (which can

wowwwwwwww

[kevemo]

a lot to learn

can you help me get a job!?