Hi, I’m Lucille. You may be wondering why I’m not in a hospital currently. Well, it’s embarrassing and amazing at the same time. 2 years ago, I started to get better. One by one, machines were carted out of my room, nurses stopped seeing me, and one day, my doctor offered me a choice. For the first time in my life, I had a choice! He told me that he didn’t know how, or why, but I was recovering. My body was doing nearly everything it was supposed to do and if I wanted to, I could leave. At first, I had no clue what I was going to do. I was 17, no family, no job, and frankly, I never thought I’d be where I was. However, with a bank account full of donations that I planned to give to the hospital after I died, I decided that maybe I should do what every person in my position would want to do. I wanted to travel the world. I wanted freedom and I wanted to find out who I really was, without an IV. I blogged a final goodbye to my followers. I told them that I was getting better, and I needed to take a hiatus to figure out what would be best for me. However, I didn’t return. I didn’t return home, I didn’t return to my hospital, I didn’t return to my blog, nothing! For the past 2 years, I left everything I knew behind to chase every dream I had ever had.

You may he wondering “aren’t you lonely?” And the answer is “yes and no.” Yes, I wish I had someone to share these amazing moments with... but I do have amazing friends who I met through my blogging! There’s Cerise, she lives in France and lost one of her arms to a deli slicer when she was 5 *shudder*, there’s Wren, he’s from Germany and was born deaf, there’s Celeste, she’s from America and has Cerebal Palsy. Her brain function wasn’t affected but she’s in a wheelchair for life. There’s Reed, he’s from Australia...and you could imagine what beast caused him to be a leg amputee when he was 10 (I don’t even know, he keeps telling me to guess but everything that lives in Australia freaks me out), there’s Heather, she’s from Ireland and she’s blind, there’s Jasper, he’s from Canada and has a stutter, there’s Jade, she’s from Columbia and has Vitiligo, and there’s Vernon, he’s from Russia and has a congenital heart defect.

Anyways, I never could have guessed that I’d be...like this. And I mean “like this” in a good way. I feel...so free. And I don’t think anything could ever make me go back.

Guess where I am?

Correct! You have some good ears, guess where I’m heading?

Gee I don’t know, you know I have no sense of direction. Guess a country.

Correct again! I’m going to come see you! I found a fishing boat that’s heading there this week! I’m on a very lucky streak right now.

You know I wouldn’t joke about that!

Well I can see you and oh man, I am so excited! FaceThyme doesn’t do any justice to how adorable you are in person!

Because...I get to look at you! I’m going to take LOTS of pictures when I get there too.

I’m sorry! Hey, you get the right to touch my face, nobody else gets that. There’s perks!

I hope you know that every stranger on this boat can hear you talking about feeling me up.

Soon! And by soon, I mean “I have no clue when!”

Ok! Bye! I can’t wait! *blows kiss* *hangs up*

*Whispering* I just hope this isn’t the last time, Heather.