Well gosh darn this year flew by fast! One minute it's 2016 and the next here we are sitting in the new year. While this year held both ups and downs I would like to take some time to reflect on both. I think 2016 is a year that has, no matter what, changed us all, for better or worse (no, this isn't marriage vows 😂).

Ok, enough rambling. Let's get on with it. So, bad news should always come first, right?

Some of the bad things that happened over the course of the year:
Carrie Fisher Died (And Debbie Reynolds)
David Bowie died
Prince died (And so many more amazing and influential people passed away this year😭)
Terrorist attacks (Seriously, everywhere they seem to be getting worse and it's horrible and completely tragic. It hurts to see more innocent lives taken over such a pointless reason. I just wish that as people of the same world we could all find a way to get along...)
And many more awful things (aka I don't feel like making a list of depressing events)

Ok, so moving away from the negatives (because honestly I don't really like to focus on that), I would like to focus on the great things of this year! While I could list a ton, I'll save you guys the time and instead I plan to focus on some of the great friends I made over this year as well as focus on the friendships I retained over the year. So, here it goes!

deinox ; Ruby, you never cease to amaze me. You're perfectly random and you're one of the very first friends I ever had on Wattpad and I thank you for being one of my very best friends on this site. You're hilarious and I love you're stories. I'm so honored to be your editor and I am blessed to have you as my friend. You're great and I'm glad you love my stories too. I also love roleplaying with you and you're just great XD don't forget that

YourConfettiPalStorm ; Viper, you were also one of my very first friends on this site and one of my best for that reason. I'm glad you adore Warriors as much as I do and you're awesome to talk to as well. I've been so glad to be your friend and also so go through the journey of StormWindClan

jancy00 ; Jancy, I absolutely love roleplaying with you and talking to you. I consider you to be a close friend and I feel I can always confide in you. I love that you accept my randomness with amusement and I appreciate you for being in my life as a great friend!

_-TheBreakfastClub-_ ; Lyss, you are one of my best friends and I know that while there have been ups and downs we never seem to have many problems. I'm glad you've stuck with me and I'm glad to be your friend. I love to Roleplay with you and I like talking to you as well. You're great, butterfly and don't you forget it.

spidercat_14 ; Abbey, you are also a close friend of mine. While we have had ups and downs too, I'm glad neither of us have given up on the other and I'm thrilled to have you back in my life again. I love roleplaying with you as well and I am glad to have you as my friend again.

AngelKnight006 ; Honestly you're great. I mean, I enjoy roleplaying with you as even though I don't know you super well, I feel I can talk to you about anything. I appreciate that you're perfectly random like me and I am glad to have you as my friend. #AnuKainForever

Decembra1998 ; Dece (Your nickname I have for you 😂) I recently just got roleplaying with you and I love roleplaying with you to say the least. I'd love to get to know you better and I hope 2017 will be a year for that. You're great though.

StargazerintheTardis ; Tonks, I recently got to know you but I throughly enjoy roleplaying with you. You're very detailed and I adore the characters you make. I can't help but like your roleplays and I hope to participate in many more in the future. I also hope that perhaps I could get to know you better as well.

Heatherstorm ; Heather, you're one of my closest Warrior friends too and I love being able to Roleplay with you as well. (P.S. Rabbitflight and Spidersilk were the cutest)

-Aqua_Storm- ; We haven't talked a whole lot recently, but I still consider you a close friend and I hope we stay that way. Thanks for roleplaying Warriors with me too, considering you're one of the original users to be in StormWindClan

GoldeneyesRC ; Ticci, I know we aren't super duper close friends but I still consider you my friend. You're fun to Roleplay with and I also adore your artwork.

BrandedBear ; Branded, you're one of my close roleplaying buddies and it's honestly been fun. I look forward to roleplaying with you more and to perhaps get to know you better.

_Sandcat_ ; I honestly love to Roleplay with you too. I don't know you personally too well but I do enjoy when we Roleplay and I'm hoping that maybe I could get to know you better.

magic_mockingjay ; It's been fun to Roleplay with you as well and I adore your characters (Lyla and Jaice are best friend goals). I hope to Roleplay with you more often and get to know you better too.

snowgalaxies18 ; You've been a good roleplaying buddy and I enjoy roleplaying with you as well.

Rikke95 ; I've mainly just Roleplayed with you and it's been fun. I'm looking forward to future roleplays as well as your current Selection Roleplay.

Yologirl2050 ; It's been a blast to Roleplay with you too! I'm glad to have someone who is just as enthusiastic about roleplays as you are. I hope to get to know you better too!

4evahannah ; Even though I honestly don't know you, I adore your stories and I love to see when you've updated. I loved Rose and Alex's story and I can't wait to see how Georgiana and Francis' story takes shape (I love it so far). Keep up the good work and thank you for writing such amazing stories!

Rosebuddy23 ; Morgan, thank you for being an amazing friend in real life, I am very glad to have you. I also enjoy roleplaying with you and I hope the Fantasy Roleplay will continue. You're great.

Whovian1011and9 ; Maddy! Thank you for being one of my very best friends ever! I'm so glad to have you in real life and on Wattpad. I love how we both try so hard to be great authors and I also love how you're a fandom queen like me 😂 I love your randomness and you're just great.

Frappecola ; Hannah, one of my great friends in real life. You're all sorts of crazy but in the best way. Honestly, don't change because you're hilariously great. I also thank you for introducing me to so many amazing animes and for being a fandom queen with Maddy and I too 😂

Now, those are only a few of my amazing friends and if you weren't listed above, don't worry because I love all of you! Honestly, you've all been great, even if not just mentioned above and you've helped make my 2016 great and hopefully my 2017 better. Still, I'd like to recognize those I didn't tag.
_Grayson23_
_Lady_Lost_
_Lost_At_Heart_
Black-Briar
Fading_Horizons
KatnipIsABoss
LunarWarrior16
TwilightsAngel
Violet_Carnation
bluethunderwolf22
Rivershadow
_Tiger_Kitty_
Scourge_lover156
YoosevenForever
And anyone else I may have missed. Honestly, all of my followers I value in my own way and I hope you all know that. I appreciate everything and I hope you all had a great 2016 too.

Here is to the New Year, 2017, which has already begun. May it bring us all more happiness and I'm hoping this year is even better than the last ☺️😁🎉🎉🎊🎊🎉