Every year as the year comes to an end, we all say that it wasn't the greatest year. We look back on the good times, the obstacles, the times we smiled, cried, and everything in between.

Some people had the best year of their life, and some people experienced the worst. We dealt with everything 2016 threw at us the best we could. Some people got everything they wished for and more this year, while others were surrounded by the darkness this world contains.

For me, this wasn't the greatest year. If we're being honest, this was the worst year of my life thus far. 2016 consisted of situations that no one deserves to go through. Situations that I could have never dreamed of. Situations that still leave me in disbelief. And though there were good times beneath the negativity, looking at the year as a whole– it started off interesting and ended on a terrible note.

I can only hope that 2017 offers a year better than this one. In my eyes, 2017 will be the year of perspective. The year where you take every opportunity you're given and where you complain a little less. It will be a year where you tell people how you feel instead of bottling it up, the year of kindness, acceptance, happiness and hope. The year of letting go of the things that are not longer meant for you.

We all love and hate 2016 for different reasons, but 2016 offered the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. Some of the most unbelievable moments took place, both good and bad. All I can say is 2016, you will not be missed.

I might sound like every other person out there, complaining about how shitty this year was, but we all have our reasons for feeling the way we do. I don't blame 2016 for all the terrible things that took place. There is no one to blame for that, but when looking back on this year, it simply wasn't good.

For me, categorizing the end of 2016 as terrible is a no-brainer.

Throughout the last few months my world, along with many others was flipped upside down. As time has passed people have returned to their normal lives, complaining, laughing and going about their days.

And although we post pictures, smile, laugh and go out– it's all done with heavy hearts.

Throughout the past two months, there hasn't been a day that has gone by where I don't think about Vinny, where something little doesn't suddenly remind me of him.

There hasn't been a day where I don't look down at my wrist and stare at my tattoo that reads, "Love Always, Vinny" the way it was written in my yearbook our senior year. And when I think about him and tears fall from my face, I know he wouldn't want anyone to be sad but it's not anywhere close to the same without him.

These past few months he's been the only thing I could get myself to write about. My vulnerability shines through my writing to the highest degree. Maybe I should be embarrassed by that, but I'm not. I don't care what people think or say; I write about Vinny because it's my way of keeping him here.

So while 2016 might have been the best year of someone's life, it was the worst year of my life and many others. But in the midst of it all, I learned more this year than I ever have before. And if that was the purpose of this year then 2016, you sucked but you succeeded.

2017: Allow us to remember to be kind to every person we encounter and to constantly put life into perspective. Allow us to impact people every day and allow us to let go of the grudges, the hurt and the people who don't make an effort to be in our lives. Allow us to live each day with the mentality that life is short. Give us hope, clarity and happiness.

All I can say is 2016, I disliked you towards the end.