Man, it's been a long time. I just wanna say, thank you all. When I first started this account and this art book, I was a lost kid trying desperately to create things that I thought people would enjoy. Yet I wasted so much time doubting myself and comparing myself to others, saying I would never be as good as that.
It's been an adventure to go through this account and see into the mind of small 13 year old me. I just want to reach through the screen and tell her that she has a hard journey ahead of her, but everything will be okay. It hasn't been easy, but I'm alive.
I'm alive, and it's beautiful.
It's beautiful to finally be surrounded by loving friends.
It's beautiful to be at ease with my art.
It's beautiful to stop every once in a while and practice gratitude.
It's beautiful to no longer have to rely on therapy apps to survive.
It's beautiful to accept myself and know that labels like "gay" or "straight" aren't everything.
It's beautiful to be.
And I hope that whoever reads this knows that, too.
To those of you who haven't touched Wattpad in years and are just now getting a notification from an old account you follow:
To those of you who are new and are where I once was:
To those of you continuing to grow:
To those of you who can't see this:
Thank you.
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