Happy holidays readers!

It has been a pretty exciting year for Yow Yow! and in addition to celebrating the holiday season, we’re also celebrating our 5th birthday! Every year that I write this post, I look back on the fact that when I started this blog I was just a measly little freshman living in Seattle. The biggest problem I faced was whether or not I was going to pass my math and theology courses – a very small detail that has no presence in my life today. Friends and family of mine have watched me truly grow up into an adult and as a blog we’ve gone through some happy times as well as really difficult times. There are times when I go an entire day without writing on Yow Yow! especially as of late, but when I receive a like, or a comment, or encouragement from friends… those are things that motivate me to keep on with the blog.

For the first time ever, I flew back home for the holidays and I have to say that it feels like I might be four years behind. Many of my friends from college weren’t from Seattle so they were used to this flying back and forth during the winter season every year. Now that I’m here, I realize that my time in Seattle is so sparse and that more than ever my time is completely stretched. It exhausts me thinking about it which is why I have to take little naps every day to survive. However, being home is now something I look forward to and can really appreciate. With that said, Yow Yow! though not regularly updated as much as we are used to is a lot like home for me. It’s always going to be a part of my daily life in some way or another and as I write here I want to make sure that every post is as meaningful as it should be and treated with care.