Chapter One;

I am just nineteen years of age, but my story is long enough for me to be in my mid thirties. I have made many mistakes; some I have learnt from, some I have not. I have had my entire life change in a matter of minutes. I have given up almost everything for my life to be the way it is today, and I have had to put any plans I had made for myself on hold.
One harsh reality of life is that things change. That is something none of us can control, no matter how hard we try. When these things change, we have two options - sit and sulk, hoping things will go back to what they were before, or change with them and make the most of it. Sometimes people don't have a choice in which one of those routes to take.
My life has been a series of lessons, lessons I have learnt from. Whether they have been bad or good experiences is a completely different story. I wouldn't be who I am today if I hadn't lived the life I have.
I was a shy schoolgirl, I kept myself to myself and I was extremely quiet around new people. I had a small selection of friends who were the only people I would bother with outside of my family. I was a bright student and concentrated on my school work more than my social life. I was always the type of person who was afraid of change. I would never make any decisions - I found choices too difficult just in case I made the wrong one. I was far from daring, the most I had ever done was ride my bicycle without a helmet. I hated new things. I was happy with the way my life was and didn't see why any changes would need to be made, so they were usually not welcome when they happened. Little did I know, but my life was going to flip completely, and I was going to find myself an entire new person.
Change can happen in a matter of seconds, and sometimes the biggest changes are usually made in minutes. Whether that be finding out you have an illness, gaining a disability from an accident, or creating a baby, etc. Even the most carefully planned out events can cause change. Every action has a reaction.
If someone came up to me when I was fourteen, sat me down, and explained to me what would happen to me and the changes that would occur in my life during the next five years I would have laughed in their face. Little did I know, but there were dramatic changes about to be made to my life.