Oh heavenly day, all the clouds blew away.

We walked. We bundled ourselves up in blankets and coats, hats and scarves, and we just walked. The sun was just beginning to rise, and we could all see the peach light shining from in between the tree branches. Walking down the middle of the road with a big white blanket covering my body, I thought about everything. Everything that I had experienced, everything that I had learned, everything that I had accomplished. Everyone that I had loved, everyone that I had given myself to, everyone that had given me a part of themselves in return. To my left, was the first sunrise of the New Year. To my right, the last moon of 2007 was still visible in the sky. And so we just walked until we saw fit to stop. Six-thirty A.M. and I threw my blanket down onto the grass, layed down, and just stared. Above me was nothing but a gray void. No clouds, no stars. Just gray. They all laughed when I said that if you stare hard enough, it seems as if the only thing in the entire world is the gray and it's just bearing down on you. But they came over and we all layed down on the tiny blanket, arms and legs overlapping each other, and stared. The sun had almost completely risen. I could see it as I looked ahead. When I turned around, the moon was still behind me, slowly fading into the blues and purples that remained from the night that we will always remember. On the walk back, I prayed. I prayed for the future and I prayed for the past. I prayed for us. I prayed for them. I prayed for myself. I prayed for strength, grace, faith, peace, and happiness. I prayed for the ability to find beauty in all things. I prayed for inspiration and enlightenment. I prayed for adventures to be around every corner. I prayed for you. I prayed for the world. And when I looked, the moon had disappeared and all that I could see for miles was the brightness of the sun. Before I opened the door to her house, I prayed for one more thing-- to be open to life, love and all of those things in between. I have 365 days in front of me.

This is only the beginning.