Dear Diary,

It has been 150 years give or take since I have been a big sister. I had the best baby brothers that a girl could ask for. Don't get me wrong, we have had our fights. But when our Mother died, it was hard for all three of us. And I stepped up and took care of Damon and Little Stefan.

I did everything right. I became Lady Salvatore. I could never replace my Mother, but I tried to fit her shoes. I attended the Founders Council meetings. I held prestigious tea parties. Married into money. Served as a nurse in the beginnings of the civil war. Yet that led to my end when I never even began.

Ernest Hemingway once said, "In order to write about life, first you must live it."

I died before I could. I died before I could live to write about it. Then when the sun came up, I was a part of something that I was taught to be against. But it gave me a second chance at life. To be who I wanted to be. I am no longer the wife, the daughter, the sister I once was.

I have never allowed Stefan not Damon to meet me after I found out that I was still alive. I have been in the shadows, carefully watching them.

I was there when Stefan ripped his way through Mexico villages. I was there when Lexi brought Stefan away from the edge so many times. And every time, I wanted to step in and help. Yet I held back. Because I saw how happy Stefan was when he started over and found people to live for.

I was also there to see Damon struggle through this life of Vampirism. I knew exactly how it felt. I went through it myself. I was there when Damon ruined Stefan's life and actually reveled in it. I was watching when they fought or made up like brothers do.

And for the first time in 150 years give or take, I want to be with them. I want to tell them everything. I want to go home.

I haven't been in Mystic Falls for 100 years or so. I went back once and it was too painful.

I am Winnie Salvatore and I am going home. I am going to see Damon and Stefan. Be family again.

Sincerely,
W. S.

*** Here is the Prologue to my new Story. I do hope you all will love it. I'm already in love with Winnie. I should have the first chapter posted before Friday. ***