"I felt like there was a warm, glowing fire inside of me. I was ready to move forward, full of hope and excitement and, yeah, some fear and anxiety too. I had a great family, wonderful friends, and a soul mate. Even if Matty and I were going off in different directions, the one thing that I knew for sure was that in some way we would always be together. There's all this love if you need it and this made me feel safer as I stepped back out into the great unknown that was my future."