Farwell.

Good Evening Darlings-

This post is going to be short and bittersweet.

I am wrapping up my final hours here in London, England. I have not compiled my "List of Things I am going to Miss about London" yet because the current list in my head is infinite. I will have time on my plane ride to Ireland in the morning to get them straightened out and written down. I also plan to make a list of the top things to do/see in London for WHEN each of you come to see it at some point in your life.

I have so many mixed emotions grabbing my heart right now that it is hard to sit down and write this, even though writing has always been therapeutic for me, I really feel like running up and down the streets of London taking it all in one last time. Small pieces of my heart are going to remain tucked away in this city. Forever. I hope to one day come back to visit them. I will miss this place with every fiber of my being. This bittersweet ending to the most incredible experience of my life is sure to drag out in insurmountable amounts of sadness and also joy to being this much closer to seeing my family and friends.

I would appreciate thoughts and prayers of safe travel for me to Ireland tomorrow morning and also safe travel for my grandpa, cousin, and myself on our journey back to the States on 5 July.

A TREMENDOUS THANK YOU goes out to all of my faithful readers. I truly, truly appreciate the support and positive feedback I have gotten about this blog. I am so pleased to have been able to bring little pieces of London to each of you. Thank you, from my whole heart. I look forward to seeing you all in a few days and sharing stories and catching up on everything I have been missing back home. This, of course, is far from my last blog post...I still have Ireland, of course! However, this IS my last blog post from London. Thank you all, once again, for your thoughts, prayers, encouragement and devotion to this blog...you all keep me writing. :) I love and miss each of you.

Good night, one last time, from London.

Always,

Mattie.