Hello. I hope everyone is having a great new year so far. I know I am. Im getting to spend some time with my family back in Michigan. I'm getting ready to go back to New York and it's going to be sad for my parents and my brother, Andy and my sister, Kara. Who am I kidding? It'll be sad for me too! I don't know about you, but if it weren't for my parents, I don't know where I'd be. I don't have enough space to write about all the wonderful things my parents have done for me. They've always given me all the love and freedom to become who it is I wanted to be. My dad always told me "if you want to be a garbage-man, be the best one you can be!". That isn't to say anything bad about the garbage industry, but that I was free to be who I wanted to be and they would support me, unconditionally. This is all within reason, of course! I have a voice message in my phone that I save. It was saved from my birthday, Oct. 11th, 2005. It's from my mom. It says that she wishes all my dreams come true on this day and everyday- and that she loves me. This message I will never erase. So, I hope you have the good fortune of having your family around you. If you don't, then I'm sure they're smiling down on you from heaven. I thank God for the wonderful parents that I have. I know someday they won't be here, so I'm trying to be with them as much as I can, when I can. All the best to everyone. Buona notte.