Showing posts with label breast cancer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label breast cancer. Show all posts

31 December 2014

Happy New Year!

I don't want to make a cheesy, cliche Facebook post about how good 2014 has been and how amazing 2015 will be so I'll blog about it!

On 18th December 2013 my Mum was diagnosed with Breast Cancer so 2014 looked really awful and I didn't think I'd have my Mum with me by the end of the year. She's been amazing and so so strong! I don't know how she has done it or coped with it. I love her so much!

So much has happened this year, like starting to go out with the girls from college more and just relaxing rather than stressing out about college. In my first year of college I didn't get the grades that truly reflected my abilities but I was proud because my teachers didn't think I'd even complete the year! Actually getting grades and proving them wrong makes me so happy and I have so much to look forward to this year because of that.

I cannot wait to start university in September! I am working my butt off this year and planning every detail so that I am prepared. My anxiety hasn't been so overwhelming in the last few months which I'm grateful for but I know by the time exams and results and summer come around, it will flair up again. I just need to find some strategies to make it easier to cope with. (Any advice?)

As I've said before, I have lots of plans for 2015 and I am so excited! I can't wait to see what this year holds and the memories that I will make.

There's a few things I definitely want to do this year:
  • Take a photograph of myself every day to see how much I change
  • Wear more make up and style my hair differently
  • Dye my hair (lighter but I don't know what colour yet)
  • Be more confident academically and socially
I think that's it for now!

Have a brilliant 2015 and I'll see you on the flip side!

Kazia x

24 December 2014

Christmas is coming!

Are you excited for Christmas?

Personally, this year I don't feel very excited for Christmas even though it is Christmas Eve and omg Santa will be delivering all the presents tonight!

I don't know why it is but it doesn't feel like December at all! Maybe it's because there's no snow this year or that Mum has gone to London and Kent to visit her family instead of being home with me. . . (I don't even live with my Mum anymore but I want her to be home for Christmas)

This year has flown by and maybe it's because it has been a year since Mum was diagnosed with Breast Cancer (18th December 2013) that I don't feel festive or the fact I was in hospital two days ago or maybe it's because I'm growing up and the magic of Christmas is starting to fade or because for the first time in years my brother will be with us for Christmas but Mum won't be.

I miss our Christmas traditions - me, Oliver, Mum and Dad. Oliver would wake up really early and we'd both open our stockings that were on the end of our beds before our parents got up. We'd go downstairs and show them what we got then after breakfast we'd go to the Church service. After our Christmas lunch we'd open some more presents and then sit around the TV to watch Doctor Who! Everyone was happy and I never thought it would end! I wish it hadn't ended. . .

Just a short post tonight because I can't sleep so that's it for now,

Kazia x