I spent about an hour today cleaning out my e-mail. I have things that I've saved since 2006, and a grand total of 130 emails that I have stored under different labels. This is not to mention the countless unread e-mails in my inbox.

It was interesting going through these things that represented so many different parts of my life. I found things written from people that I haven't seen for over 2 years. I read things that brought back memories from years ago, times that were fun but also turbulent. I got to look back at the person I was, the person I was trying to be, and I got to be reminded of the struggles I went through almost every day.

While I enjoyed the trip down memory lane, I decided that it was time to permanently shut the door on that part of my life. Though I am proud of the person I have become and I equally humbled by the trip I had to take to get here, it's time for me to move forward from that time. I've lost touch with a great many people who impacted my life, have had relationships that defined me and that I counted on with my whole heart disappear and leave me, for lack of a better word, stranded. However; through all of this I have been lucky enough to find new people to help light my way, found new relationships to lean on, and have even had a few people from a few lifetimes ago resurface and prove that sometimes life does come full circle.

So, I decided to let go. I will embrace the person I have become and will remember the important parts of the journey getting here, but for now I have to move forward without being held by the past. While the past has it's place in everyone's life, I don't think I need a written reminder. My memories, and my present, are enough.