Happiness can be found in the smallest, but best, of places

Lately, I've been trying to change my outlook on life. Considering the times we live in when people who need food stamps, medicaid, and disability can't get them, we have our younger generation eating tide pods to become famous on YouTube, my own family slowly circling the drain, and my mother and I growing steadily apart, I have had to re-evaluate my life to try to find some kind of peace. It came in the form of people I have never met face to face, but those I have formed strong bonds with through the art of writing. When i came across on a group on facebook entitled, "Role Play Literate", I wasn't expecting to find people who could do multi-paragraph sentence structures, proper grammar and punctuation, even able to keep the story going and contribute ideas, but I was shocked and amazed when three people stepped forward. and have helped me to create the most amazing storylines. For reasons of privacy, I won't give their actual names, but I will call them by who they have played. Oliver Kingston, who has stuck with me through thick and thin. We don't talk as much as the others and myself do, but it's meaningful nonetheless. She's kind, understanding, and has been through a journey with me that I can't even begin to explain. Oliver, You're absolutely amazing. I love our storyline, and even though it's approaching its end, I hope that we can either start over, or find another to do. I don't want to lose you as a friend and fellow writer. You're writing inspires me, and I love seeing your name pop up on my notifications. Dr. Roan Jensen, what can i say? From the first moment you took on the story line I was blown away. Your writing has often intimidated me because it is so good. I feel I need to step up my game and work even harder to reach your level. What we've created has been phenomenal, and I still want to collaborate on a book, even a Youtube series if at all possible. You've become a great friend, and I can't wait to see where we go in the future. You inspire me to create schematics of my stories and bring them to life. I love it! Aros (I swear to fuck I forgot your characters last name XD), you are AMAZING! Working with you on these stories has been wonderful. You're writing is perfection, your in-depth character and story plotting has inspired me to make my own that much better, and now that you have also become a fellow Minecrafter, my world has become alive with content. I love to see what we might get up to at night, the shenanigans we're going to pull, and you make me feel so special. I could not do these things without your guidance. Thank you, for everything. And how can I forget Paranormal? The man who found me when I was doing live videos on YouNow, followed me to Youtube where he became a loyal and die hard fan, then came into my real life on Facebook and has made himself such a valuable asset that I can't get through a day without talking to him, or screwing around on Minecraft for hours on end? We play off each other so well it's almost frightening. I truly do hope that one day, me, you, and a few others can get that house we've been talking about, and set Youtube and the internet on fire with out content and general shenanigans. I can just see it now.... and it's absolutely terrifying. XD Most people will tell you that online friends are not the same as real life friends. To them I say, maybe it's because you haven't met the right person. I have had my fair share of ups and downs with people online, but these individuals have helped shape me as a creator, a writer, a dreamer, and an overall person. When I stopped trying to please other people and change their opinions, becoming happy with who I wanted to be, and dropped those in my life who wanted to do harm, I let myself have a good life. These people have been here for me when I've been on the true edge. I wouldn't be where I am mentally without them. I do have real life friends. My neighbor Jessica is a great friend of mine, almost like a sister. I'm an aunt to her and her husband's kids, and, as she will say, an asset to their lives, but it's only because I believe in being a good person. My brother says it's me being fake, and that if people knew the real me, they wouldn't like me. That's why my brother is no longer in my life. I am done with the negativity, and these people reinforce my belief that I'm doing the right thing. When I was 16 and got my first computer, I took to writing and role playing to find an escape. Little did I know that 15 years later I'd be doing the same thing, but this time, I'd have the most incredible army beside me, bringing these worlds to life. Everything has come full circle and I'm happier than I've been in many years. Thank you, all of you, for helping me when I've needed it, and bringing these stories into greater existence. Here's to the future, and everything we will accomplish!