Book Description

Once upon a time ago I was a 19 year old girl who found a little site called Open Diary. I spent 11 years pouring my heart out to the few loyal friends I found and whoever else decided they wanted to take a glimpse into my roller coaster of a life. I was an insecure girl, a little lost, and a lot confused about life. I wrote from my heart, I wrote about what scared me, what made me happy and I was always, always free to be me- good, bad or ugly… Open Diary was my shelter from the storm. I wasn’t however always loyal to OD. There were times that I would go months without writing, but I always went back…until there was no back to go to....

I now find myself a 30 year old woman, seeking refuge. I am much older then that girl who stumbled onto a site, I have come to terms with who I am, I wont say that I don’t have moments of insecurity. I wont say that I don’t question my purpose, and if I’ll ever be everything that I want to be. But that’s normal right?

I am really just praying that this place will become my new shelter. I did a lot of growing up on Open Diary, but I’m not done growing yet. I am in a place where all of my relationships have evolved, the ones with my friends, with my family, with myself and with God. Besides evolving I am also still learning, and still making mistakes. I never in life thought that I would appreciate the mistakes, that I would love the excitement of change, but I do.

As much as I do miss OD, and I wish that I could have at least saved some of my old entries, I know that I cannot soooo hakuta matata! The end of OD, is the just the beginning.