The new year has begun! Even though it\u2019s been more than a few weeks since we counted down to the new year, I wanted to take this time to look back at the past decade and welcome the coming years with open arms. I\u2019ve done a lot of growing and so much personal improvement that it\u2019s almost hard to keep up.<\/p>\n
This last decade has been a rollercoaster of a journey and has had more twists and turns than anyone could ever predict. As a family, we\u2019ve gone through some really hard times together. We\u2019ve faced things that nobody should ever have to stand up against. We\u2019ve lost people dear to us, fought people whom we thought were on our side and suffered a great deal over things that shouldn\u2019t have been problems in the first place. It hasn\u2019t been easy.<\/p>\n
Even though all of that is true, it\u2019s hard to look at this last decade as something terrible that will always haunt me. Things haven\u2019t been easy, it\u2019s true; but life is about more than just the hard times. It\u2019s tough but you have to learn to see though the drama and chaos and see the beautiful life we\u2019ve built with each other. We were knocked down until none of us could see a way out but still we chose to live as if there was no tomorrow because in the end, we still had each other.<\/p>\n
My younger brother Jake, is sixteen this year and he\u2019s already 6ft tall! He\u2019s bright and quick-witted and humourously cocky. He\u2019s a wizz with games and insanely talented at puzzles. He has the most beautiful soul and even though his personal difficulties can sometimes frustrate him, he never lets it stop him. He\u2019s always progressing and I\u2019m incredibly proud of the little man he\u2019s turning into. I\u2019m so proud to be his big sister.<\/p>\n
My mum is my hero. She\u2019s been there for me since day one and there is nobody on this planet that I would rather confide in. She\u2019s come a long way this past decade. Her health completely buckled, personal battles almost got the better of her, and yet she still walks around with a smile on her face and her head held high. She has taught me so many valuble things growing up and I will always love her for those lessons. She\u2019s my role model and my best friend and I am so proud to call her mum. There\u2019s nobody more deserving of that title than her.<\/p>\n
As for me, I know that I\u2019ve come a long way. I entered this decade as an emotionally broken ten year old. I was unhappy with my life and was stressed with everthing that would follow in the years to come. By the time I hit my fifteenth birthday, I was utterly torn down and didn\u2019t know how to battle what was going on or how I was feeling. I felt lost. When I reached seventeen, I made a big change in my life and started to properly heal from there.<\/p>\n
From then until now, I\u2019ve done a lot of personal growth. I got a big thing off my chest that had been clogging me up and thankfully (as expected), my family accepted me without question.<\/p>\n
This year I\u2019m turning twenty years old and I am the happiest now that I\u2019ve ever been.<\/p>\n
This coming year is both scary and exciting. It\u2019s scary because I\u2019m unsure about what it\u2019s going to bring but I\u2019m excited because of the same thing. So, regardless of what this next decade brings; I\u2019m going to welcome it with open arms and I\u2019m going to keep doing art and keep fixing my website until it\u2019s perfect. I\u2019m going learn, meet new people and grow.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s going to be a good year. Bring it on!<\/p>\n
Cerys<\/p>\n
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