"Back to life, back to realityBack to the here and now'¦"The lyrics fill my mind as I think of how I'm coming back. "Back to life, back to the present timeBack from a fantasy'¦"I am back to life. I am happier than I ever thought possible. It is January as I write this. I married my high school sweetheart on first. I landed my dream job playing Robin Hood as a grant writer on the eighteenth. I've been off all of my medications for seven months on the twenty-first. I feel like I've awoken from an uncomfortable dream and my reality is better than I ever imagined it could be. All that time I was sick. All that time I was alone. All that time I was sad. Life is so much different now. "I live at the top of the blockNo more room for trouble or fussNeed a change, a positive change lookLook it's me writing on the wall"I live at the top of the block because I live with the one that I love. I'm not worried about the little things anymore, I can get through them all.

I've always made the best of my life. When I was depressed, bipolar, schizophrenic. When I was single. When I was abused. When I was sad. I've always known that I was on a journey and someday I would find a comfortable life with twist of adventure that fit me well. That life is here. My life is now. I have found happiness. True happiness. I have found a happiness that surpasses anything I have ever imagined. I'm ready for more. I'm ready for babies and families and adventures and life and love. I'm ready for more education. I'm ready to inspire. I'm ready to help. I'm back. And I'm ready.