to my crybabies,

How lucky we are to say we've spent half a decade together. To watch eachother grow, evolve, and learn. This is what true love is. Unconditionally. Embracing one another as we all take our first steps day by day and decide the people we want to be within this society. Accepting and appreciating each others flaws and imperfections. iCry is not just about me, Skai, it is what those who take part and make of it. It's your bond with your little sister. The burning passion you feel for something bigger than yourself. The love you carry for your babies. The ambition you hold for your future self. You are the reason "iCry." An undefined term that expresses a feeling stronger than just one at a time.

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5 of discovering myself, trying new things, learning how to go from being a girl to a woman. 5 years of meeting such incredible, diverse, experienced people in so many vast ways. 5 years of opening my mind to extents I didn't realize I even could, and 5 years of being SO girl. Half of a decade being unapologetically passionate and emotionally true.

When I started this community, this brand, my stream, it was a venture into an unknown. A little dream to dabble in and make some friends in a time I felt so lonely. To pour out love that I felt so heavy in my chest and didn't have a real space to really put it. And not only that, but to receive the love I so badly crave to give to others.

To think about where I started and where I am now is surreal. There's moments i feel like it was just yesterday, and others where I can feel everyday and person that's passed by. It's hard to be fully in the present and truly aware of everything I've done and dreamt of doing. So im grateful for times like this to stop and reflect. To understand. To appreciate. To cherish. To learn from.

To many, this whole thing is just a cutesy way to pass some time during your long days. To me, iCry is everything. Being investedcrybaby has changed me in so many ways. It feels safe to be silly. To be sensitive. To be me. It has allowed me to try anything and everything, go out of my comfort zones, to succeed, to fail, and to overall be truly tapped in to my creative.

If there's anything i hope people can say they've learned from being in iCry or knowing me, is that it's okay to be sensitive. It's okay to be yourself. It's okay to change who you want to be at any given time. It's okay to have big dreams you don't even know if they are truly attainable or not. It's okay to not know. It's okay to take things slow. It's okay to just live. Find you, the rest will follow.

One thing that I can say I've learned from all of this, is that the right people will love you when you need them to, and new people will come to love you when you don't feel like you can be loved anymore. Thank you to every beautiful person who's ever loved me. Thank you for gifting me a beautiful ever growing space that thrives off of my love and passion. The most beautiful, unique, and treasurable gift I'll ever receive. There's so many things I can say, and maybe one day I'll actually get to say it all.

For now, thank you x a million for being an audience to my creativity. For showing up for me in some of the most exciting and hardest times of my life. Thank you for being true friends to me and accepting me in every version of my life. The blessing it is to know the impact I've had in this life, and the truest accomplishment I'll carry with me forever.