HAPPY NEW YEAR

I’m usually a bit of a scrooge when it comes to New Year’s Eve and all that celebrating. Even more so this year to be honest! Usually I can at least celebrate it with all my loved ones in one of my gigs but this year, of course, that isn’t really on the cards.

It’s also my nain’s birthday, and my auntie’s – her sister but 14 years apart, pretty cool – so we get to take away the distraction for most of the day anyway.

2014 – This year – has been… Different.

Had my fair share of good times and bad, had some great times with even greater people, spent another year with my other half! Moved in together – even though it isn’t on the best of circumstances, it has been absolutely amazing – and I’ve watched my sisters grow ANOTHER year older. Scary, they’ll always be my baby girls! Started a new job in a nursery, which I absolutely LOVED. Which is typical that that’s when things started to go wrong!

So from June onwards it has been an absolute rollercoaster – from hayfever to my family and friends having to go through learning it COULD be a brain tumour, to “we haven’t found anything thank God, it must be an inflammation of the brain but we’ll still transfer her to Walton to run some more tests” – a week later after an MRI with contrast on a MUCH stronger machine, what do they find, oh hey brain tumour. Cruel, really – not to me: to them. I hate nothing more than seeing them upset. Then fundraising up’s and fundraising down’s – I think we all know what I’m talking about.

I don’t want people to feel sorry for me, I don’t want anyone to look at me differently – which is one of the things that has affected me most to be honest, learning who my real friends are and who never were! But nevertheless, life is a roller coaster, you’ve just gotta ride it. You learn new things every day.

Thank you for all your support

All I wish for is for a happy, healthy – or as healthy as possible – successful New Year to everyone. May 2015 be our year x