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Just seeing these older blogs. I was at about the same place at this time.
I like that you had the courage to write down all of this; the stuff I was feeling but maybe too busy or overwhelmed to take the time to write it down.
Evanescence has some really applicable lyrics. I have often wondered even before this life change, how someone young comes up with deep and touching lyrics. How do you know without experiencing life changing shock that shakes you to the core??? or maybe it takes less for some. I wish I had been one of those; one who had known; had not had to experience the shattering of life in order to recognize all that is.