Gratitude and Post grad life

it all just seems to surreal...
I met the love of my life,
I'm graduating college in a month,
I've been accepted into Language Corps where I'll spend a year starting January 2016, in Costa Rica teaching English.

And all the while all I can focus on is my tattoo, a delta, symbolizing Change...

"The only constant in life is change"

Is it ironic that I got this tattoo a little over a year ago and now the meaning behind it has never before been so applicable?

Maybe.

Maybe it's fate or destiny or whatever.
I feel like the luckiest girl in the world,
To be supported in the way I am.
My mother who was the first person I called when finding out about my acceptance into the program, cheering with excitement with my decision to go and promising me to help send my love for a visit.
My person, who was standing in the Smith's aisle perusing the vegetables for our dinner, who, with sad but hopeful eyes, told me how proud he is.

And that despite the long distance and the time apart, that I am his forever. 

That a year is not a big deal in relation to forever.
Telling me to spread my wings and follow my free spirited and independent heart.
It's the way my best friend and roommate squeezed me tight as I sobbed from both excitement, fear, anxiety and happiness regarding the news of my new adventure, followed by, "hello Spring Break 2016 in Costa Rica!"

These people, who love me so deeply, are who inspire me.
What I have learned?
More like, what haven't I learned..
Your family is not decided by shared DNA, They are the people who whole heartedly and unconditionally love you.
They trust you and your wild spirit. And they love you for it.
They will wait for you, and not make you feel guilty for pursuing your Dreams.
Because you are worth it and worthy of love.
And they know that you would do the same thing and more, for them.

"I think the universe is on my side,
 heaven and Earth have finally aligned. 
Life is good,
And that's the way it should be."

Be daring my darlings, This life is oh so good.
Sending so much gratitude to the Universe.
Namaste,
The 20-something old soul