First of all, before I say anything, I'd like to thank oswaldo123, for coming up with this Great Holiday, for Writing this Blog (which I suggest that everyone read first, although y'all probably already have), for encouraging and supporting me when I asked about Writing a Blog to Celebrate this Day, and for being one of my Best Friends here.
(Not to mention how he told me about the PFP Changer.)

Anyway, before I came here to Paint, saying that my Life was miserable would probably be an understatement.

I felt completely hopeless, as though I'd always be alone, trapped here in this (rather unpleasant) House of mine, with my Dad (who y'all are probably pretty familiar with by now), my Sister (who is sometimes rather mean, as well), and my Mom (who, prior to coming here, was the one person in the World I trusted completely).

Although I did Dream about doing things in the Future, those Dreams were constantly being eroded away by the lack of any real progress, year after year.
(I felt extremely depressed, to say the least.)

TBH, the only thing that kept me going through it all was my Love of Pokémon, and that tiny bit of Hope that no matter how hard the World tries to crush it, it just doesn't ever disappear.

However, all that changed when I came here.

You see, because of how my Dad was, I had always assumed that Friendship wasn't that big of a deal, and that Family was WAY more important, and that most people weren't trustworthy, and that they might try to take advantage of you, or that they'd judge you all the time (something my Dad was CONSTANTLY worried about), or that they'd be a bad influence on you.
(All of which are either straightout lies, or half-truths.)

Once I got here, and realized what Friendship really is, I realized it is one of the most Beautiful things in the World.

None of my Friends here have judged me, violated my trust, taken advantage of me, or any of those other ridiculous things my Dad ever used as an excuse to keep me from having Friends.

I Love ALL of my Friends here, as though they were my own Family, and I now realize that while Family is important (even my Dad, whom I still Love, despite everything he's done to us here), Friendship is just as (if not more) important, and I trust some of my Best Friends here as much as my own Mother.

I left Waldo a bunch of Messages to go to most of my Best Friends here, and I'll probably wind up sending him more (I have a TON of Friends here, lol), but I'd like to thank Gemini Guardian (AKA Mimi), cdog3789, Banjo2, Siling-La, Bluedolphin, acidAPPLE, CMRocks, xPokeGirl, SCREECHING FLARE, algerbrafun, Star Shadow, and heaven.is.a.joke, in particular, as they have all been very kind and understanding towards me, especially considering my RL situation.

Something else Paint has done for me, however, is to give me Hope for the Future, as well, as my Blogs here, which I have poured my Heart and Soul into, have received so many kind words from most of the Members here, giving me Hope that one day, I might be able to make my Dream of designing Video Game Worlds (like MoD) a Reality, and many of my Friends here have given me encouragement to pursue that Dream.
(Something that makes me feel Wonderful.)

Overall, I'd have to say that Paint is an Amazing Site, and that the people here are all Kind and Understanding, and just really Cool and Interesting, as well, and that I Love (almost) Everyone I've met here, and would like to thank y'all (especially all of my Friends here) for showing me An Exceptional Kind Of Love.