It's time to say goodbye to the old me. Once and for all. A question that someone asked me prompted me to share my story once and for all...and to start writing a new one. 

 I had a student ask me recently, "How are you happy every day? How do you do it?" 

 My response was "It's a choice that I make every day, but that doesn't mean it's easy." And she said, "I wish I could be that way, but