I’m not going to tell you that my life has been easy…
It’s been hard as hell.
There have been so many times that I survived one thing just to get hit with five more.
But I never really thought about how hard it was or if I’d make it…
It wasn’t ever a choice.
I found a way.
I made a way.
I figured it out.
I kept going.
It’s hurt, physically, mentally and emotionally, but I always got through it.
When the waves of life come at you, you make a choice to sink or swim…
So I fought, scrapped and dug my way out of the darkness more than once.
I was scared, tired and alone most of the time..
But I kept going.
I didn’t know where I was going or how I’d get there, but I knew I wasn’t happy where I was..
So I pushed ahead.
Sure, there were both dark days and happy times..
And I made the best of both.
I’ll never tell you that I have the answers because I don’t..
And I may never find them all.
But that’s okay.
Some people survive.
Others make do.
Me?
I’m a fighter and always will be.
People will say what they want about me but they’ll never say I quit.
I kept going.
And that, darling, has made all the difference.