if you really knew me you would know...
...i've done my best to grieve my parents' deaths but it feels like my life is defined by before my parents died and after they died (partly because i lost so much of my family afterward). sometimes it feels like the apocalypse happened and this is, like, the post-apocalyptic world. it's hard to remember what life was like before.
...i love easily but it's hard for me to trust people.
...i love people
and life. i'm optimistic and smiling most of the time, even when things are hard. not because i'm idealistic or because i don't know what tragedy and pain are like, but just because that's who i am.