hi,

twelve years ago, tom higgenson met delilah dicrescenzo and told her, "i'm going to write a song about you."
i've always wanted to be someone worth writing a song about.

the reason i've never liked introductions is because they never do anyone justice.
in fact, words never do anyone justice.
but i'll give it a try.

i'm best friends with god
because sometimes we sit on the bathroom floor together and talk about how everything's going to be okay and how i should be praying for my parents because they're trying just as hard as i am

it's a common thing for girls to say, 'i want to be a mom' but i really, genuinely do. in the middle of my soul-searching and my traveling, at some point at least six years from now, i want to have kids and i want to be best friends with them. we'll watch weird movies and i'll read them poetry every night and we'll be that really weird family down the street that everyone is confused by. i'm pretty confident that my future family is going to be awesome.

i share a birthday with adolf hitler and shakespeare
and a personality type with mark twain, robin williams, julie andrews and dr. seuss
i'm an introvert masquerading as an extrovert and sometimes it's the other way around

i've never been married before
but that doesn't mean the love i've felt hasn't been real
(just so you know if you're convinced teenage love can't ever be real. guess what. i'm convinced it's possible and he broke my heart over a year ago. so take that. hah.)

anyways.

the best day of my life was on my friend's birthday and we went around the alpine loop
because something about the canyons and the fresh air helps me pull my life together
and realize that everything matters and nothing does
but it's the now that's most important

i'm not who i want to be yet, but i'm on my way there.
i'm still fighting mediocrity and social norms but up until now, i've had both hands tied behind my back. watch out, normality because i'm a fighter.

Someday i'll be running through the rain and someday i'll hand out love letters to strangers and someday i'll drive up the canyon with someone i love and we'll name all the stars and someday i'll tell a stranger my life story. (you've gotten pieces of it)

i've been anonymous and i'm more than a little scared
but i've always been afraid of doing what's easy instead of doing what i really want
and now it's time to face my fears
so no, my name isn't delilah

greetings pleasant grove, cedar hills, new york city, atlanta, chicago, russia, wherever you come from and wherever you go,
my name is rylie fugal
and hopefully i'll see you around

xx
rylie [delilah piper]