I recently received an email reminding me that next month I will have had this blog for a year. When I initially started this, it was always intended to be a year-long project. I first and foremost want to thank everyone who took the time to read any of this over the last year. Reflecting back, it is so interesting to me to see how much of my year and this project became about mental health. I remember being so nervous and anxious to post my initial blog about my depression, I barely had accepted and acknowledged I had it much less to announce it to others. I never used to be comfortable enough to talk with others about my feelings much less something as heavy as mental health can be.
The feedback I got was not only so warm, kind, and so very much appreciated, but also so eye-opening to see how many others related and just hadn’t said anything. I now feel much more comfortable discussing my mental health, honestly probably a little too comfy with the jokes I make. Regardless, I’m happy to have helped others be more comfortable to address and confront theirs too and be honest about the struggle with more than just themselves. I recently had a conversation with a friend who told me they admired how freely and open I am about it, and the reality is that is still something that is very new for me. But the opportunity to write about it over this last year has been a major part of it, and for that I am grateful.
I have appreciated the ability to voice what’s on my mind in more than just the mental health department, and it’s been a great reminder and practice for how much I enjoy writing. While this last year has been a season for me to be open and vulnerable with things, I find it important to honor that this next does not feel the same to me. And that’s ok. It’s ok for everyone to take time to themselves and maybe not share as much. So, this will be my last blog, and I hope if nothing else this last year I’ve at least written one thing that you either related to or helped you in some way. I eventually would like to write a book *or two, and I hope when that day comes you can enjoy that too. For the people I do know that have followed me and read what I’ve written this last year, and the people I don’t: Thank you.
With Love,
Kels
Volume III 
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