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MY WORD OF THE WEEK – Future
I just looked back on my first word of the week last year and it was Hope. This week I’ve chosen Future, because even though hope is a positive word, sometimes we have to be a little bit more pro-active with our future.
I had hoped for better health, and I’ve not really improved, but I’ve not really got any worse either, so I call that a win. I will continue to strive for a healthier future. I’ve just finished my first week of hospital treatment, but I’ve not yet heard about having treatment at home. I see my consultant again in February.
I hoped for help for Star and despite many hospital appointments we are still waiting on some answers as no-one seems to know what’s really wrong with her. I’m getting pro-active and working out a plan to work things out myself. I’m no doctor but I can help and I will keep fighting for her and a better future.
I had hoped for a better education for my Little Man but despite my best efforts it has been a rough ride. The good news is that just before Christmas we were given a draft EHCP and he has been approved for a ‘special’ school setting rather than mainstream. Now we just need to find him a school and his future will be sorted.
I was hoping that Boo would get her GCSE results and college place. That’s a whole can of worms I don’t want to go into right now, but I am getting help to sort out her future and she’s young so there is hope still.
I also hoped for better health for Graham. I guess taking the stress out of looking after his family was his answer. Unfortunately, I know he’s unhappy still and he’s still not taking care of himself. I will always be worried about him but we don’t have a future together anymore. At least we are not fighting which is a good thing all around.
I knew that having hope wasn’t enough, but I had no idea just how bad 2023 would get for us all. Thankfully, we have survived and will continue to work on making a better future. I’ve spent enough time at rock bottom. It’s time to make things better.
Thank you to all my lovely readers who have stuck by me this year, joined in with Word of the Week and supported my other blog At Home A Lot where I hold a book linky if you are interested. You can never be sure how the year is going to turn out. This time last year I would not have believed that I would end up being single. But, you can keep going, keep being kind, and I’m certainly going to keep on blogging as I’ve just paid for my years hosting.
Now it’s over to you, what word or phrase sums up your week this week?
Future is a lovely word and it does bring with it hope on so many levels. Nice choice. Some things are out of our control so we just have to accept them. But I love your spirit of fighting for the things that you can. We just paid up our blog fees too so I guess we are on the ride for at least another year. God id good. Blessings for a healthier and all round better 2024.
Happy new year Anne and thank you for hosting #WotW. 2023 really was quite the ride for you and your family. I do hope that this year will be a better one for you all and that you get some answers for Star, and that things will work out for Boo and Little Man with college and school x
Not improving health wise but not getting worse is a win. I hope the treatment went well.
Good luck with everything to do with your kids, it sounds like you have a lot of talking to do to the relevant people like hospitals, schools and colleges. I am sure in time everything will work out.
That is good that you and Graham are not fighting but he needs to think of his future and take more care of himself. What a worry.
After everything you and your family went through in 2023 you have to think, it can’t get any worse! 2024 has to be a better year for you all.
I have just paid for another 2 years of my domain name for my blog. I didn’t realise how ahead I was, I’m good until 2030 now. lol x
Happy New Year to you and your family. We never know what the future holds and sometimes that’s a good thing. I like the way you call it being more pro active with your future, it sounds nicer that fighting for things – even if that’s what we end up doing! I hope this year is better than last.
I hope you have a much better 2024 Anne and I’m happy to hear you will still be blogging. All the best with the Little Man’s schooling and sorting out Boo’s future. I also hope Star gets some answers concerning her health xx