If there's one thing I've learned in the last few months, it's that sometimes you just have to close your… — Sarah Dessen

I was running from one problem or place to another, with no time left to study, or sleep, or just breathe. I felt pulled in all directions, fighting to keep all these obligations circling in the air above me. It was only a matter of time before something fell.

She can be anything, Boo told me, and this is what I remember most, her freckled face so solemn, as if she knew she was the first to tell me. And so can you.

During this time we've been apart, it's you I've thought of when I'm at my weakest, and you who have pulled me through.