Adventures of the Independent

I've been living on my own, off and on, since a week or so past my 19th birthday. This was back in 2009. And now it seems even greater to be on my own because I have a nice place, change from the past, and I'm in a good neighborhood. My mom and I are super close now and my brother is moving off to California. I'm not sure what is ahead of me, but all I can seem to think about is the old saying "what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger," and it holds true. Over the years of my life, that's all that has happened. I have grown stronger and stronger and I don't know who or what to give the credit to.