On 2010

Well, it is officially a new decade.  Thank god.  That last one was getting highly tedious. 

I was talking to a friend, we'll call him William, recently about our past relationship (we dated in high school) and I asked him what had attracted him to me (other than my stunning good looks, of course).  He said that initially it was my confidence as he watched me audition for a play and then he fell in love with me because of my strength and courage and determination.  I wasn't going to let anyone stop me from doing what I wanted with my life. 

I thought about this a lot and I realized that all the reasons William had for admiring me and loving me all those years ago are gone.  It was right after I left him that I started my 10-year relationship run and I have lost most of who I was.  I miss that person.  At the time, I was using Rose Myra Avery as my name, trying to change it.  It was my stage name and I was determined to become famous.  I was a different person back then, especially when I was Rose Avery. 

I have decided to use this year to work on becoming the person I was on my way to then.  It is a whole new decade, it's time for a whole new me.  If I am going to find the man of my dreams, I've got to be the person I want to be.

So here's to you, 2010!  May you lead us into a better time and a better life. Let the lessons we learned in the last decade make us wiser for the next.