irisannallen:

Did I ever tell you why I came to Mystic Falls? I was hunting Damon. He had killed my first wife. Then I found out he had turned her and that was what she wanted. Eventually I got past that. How? I guess I didn’t have the energy to hate somebody forever. We’ve all made terrible mistakes in our lives. Done things that no apology can heal. But… You just have to keep going… Trying to find some new happiness, no matter how much you’ve lost. The strange thing is… Losing those people is what brought us together. It’s how we found each other. It’s what made us… Family.