Heavy and Light

Its 1:30am, I smell like smoke, my hair is greasy and I'm absolutely exhausted. But I don't care about any of it. i don't notice it. I'm riding that high you get when have a great night with people you love and the feeling you have after seeing a great concert that absolutely touched you.
After a long week of work I was SO looking forward to tonight. Tonight was the To Write Love On Her Arms, "Heavy and Light" kickoff concert. TWLOHA is having a 2 day conference here in Orlando this weekend and tomorrow is the actual big concert at the House of Blues. Tonight was I think a bit spur of the moment thingy. It was really cool. It was held at a place called The Social in downtown Orlando. The show was 18 and up so the crowd was older. There were maybe 100-150 people there. Everyone was just hanging out, getting something to drink and talking. What I loved about tonight was everyone was there for the same reason. Yeah at a normal concert people are there because they enjoy the same artists but tonight was different. people were there for the music but they were there because of the cause. Because they believe in what TWLOHA stands for and it mission.
Being in that room I was once again reminded that I am not alone in my struggles and that other people feel the same way and other people want to help. which isn't that TWLOHA whole idea? (it is)
The music was wonderful a mix of upbeat fun lyrics, and slow haunting songs about love, loss, and finding the truth.
One of my favorite songs was about the artists year spent in DC. How he was broke and depressed. A line in the song is "Riches of stories and poor of pocket" Chaleece was sitting next to me and we looked at each other and both exclaimed "that SO describes our year"
Another reason that i enjoyed myself so much was the people I was with. Lauren, Chaleece, Rebecca, and Michael all came with me. These people are individuals that i have come to love and cherish dearly. They have been there to listen, encourage, pick me up, and generally keep me going day to day. I can honestly say that if it wasn't for them and their love I would not still be down here. I would have gone home months ago.
The whole night was just wonderful and definitely something I will remember.

Love and miss you all