[Leigh]

My dearest friends,

First of all, I just want to say how much I love and adore each and every one of you! For your courage, strength, openness, honesty and for the struggles that you all share on a daily basis with us. I have seen so much of myself in all of you at one point or another, that it makes me feel alot less alone in my way of thinking or how I do things. One of my biggest problems is that I beat myself up over the little things (or what I have always called failures) and its true I am my own worst critic. I admit that living at home with my father who is constantly judging me and criticizing me doesn't make it any easier, because its like he is inside my head judging everything that I do. The house that my parents are renting, the lease is up this July and I'm seriously thinking of finding a place on my own ~ its about time I did so, and plus this way I am out from under his roof which will do me more good than anything else.

I'm thankful to all of you for sharing these things with us, they give me hope and help me to realize that even when it seems like I am alone I'm not so thank you to all of you for just being you