You know what I really, really hate? Decision changing. If decide to do something, then you should do it, and not change your mind half way through.

I've been living this saying since New Years of the fifth grade. Our teacher, Miss. Cameron, told us to pick a serious resolution, and stick to it for the rest of the year. Instead of deciding to "eat less junk food" or "be nicer to people", I said that when I made a decision, I would stick to it, no matter what.

And much to everyone's surprise, up until now, I've managed to stick to that resolution. It became my saying- the quote of my life. I wrote it on the tops of my binders, have it on my wall, and even write it on the tops of my exams so I won't go changing answers half way through the test. You may think it's naive, or a dumb resolution, but it's what I know- what I live by.

Now let's do a complete three sixty. Stick with me here, alright?

Imagine this- a scene in the park. A little girl, with curly brown hair and green eyes that would eventually morph into brown, is sitting on the ground, toying with a purple, velvet blanket.

Imagine a huge dog, with great big teeth, pacing the park like a security dog. He sees this little girl, and decides that you're not allowed to have blankets in the park, or that purple is an outlawed color. So, that dog jogs up to the little girl and swipes that purple blanket away from her, grabs it from her chubby hands.

That poor little girl can't even cry. She's in shock, staring after the cruel dog that just tore the center of her universe away from her.

Alright, have you made the connection yet? That's right. The little girl is me, and my resolution is the blanket.

Really, the girl is the image of me at five years old. I never had a purple velvet blanket though...purple is just my favourite colour.

But in reality, the resolution is my comfort blanket- if I didn't have then I believed I wouldn't be myself. I believed that I would be a completely different person- that I would be, figuratively, naked without it.

But I also didn't believe that I would ever lose the saying. First of all, how do you lose a saying? Second of all, why would I ever lose it?

This is the story of how I found the answer to both of those questions.

Authors Note: My first ever time posting a story on FictionPress, so excuse mistakes. I don't expect to get many reviews- but if you do, please let me know what you think! I apologize if it seems like something else that has already been written- I haven't read many stories yet. Thanks!