I Love You. A LOT.

"But hugging was natural. I love to hug! Everyone does!...Why do we hug people? Because if we could, we would squeeze them inside of us. If we could."

I heard these words from a priest a couple weeks ago when I attended a seminar of sorts at my church. And I agree with him. Over the past couple days, I have been fortunate enough to spend time with family and friends, who I already miss (despite still being in the USA). In the majority of cases, hugging occured upon seeing each other and hugging (sometimes multiple hugs) occured upon departing.

If I could, I would squeeze my family and friends so that they could come with me on my adventures. However, even though that physically can't happen (Operation: Get-In-Shape-For-Germany-And-Life-In-General did not prepare me well enough to do that haha), they will be with me. They will be in my heart and in my thoughts.

So as I get ready to embark on this next chapter of my life, to all my family and friends, I want to say this:

Thank you for helping to make me into the person I am today, and I thank God for bringing you into my life. I will see you soon, and I want you to always know that I LOVE YOU! *HUG!*

Peace. Love. Happiness.

--TR