As of March this year my partner and I will have been together for 5 years. 5 years seems like a very long time, yet to me it feels like barely the blink of an eye since the first time I met her. When I look back the thing that really hits me is that, despite my memory being truly terrible, I can barely even remember the beginning of this week, I remember the day we met in vivid detail like it literally just happened. Its fair to say that in our time together we’ve had our ups and downs, as all relationships do, with that said the last 5 years have been some of the best and happiest years of my life. I can’t imagine my life without her in it.

Life, Family & Change

So Christmas is over and the new year is still a couple of days away, its a time of reflection and of anticipation.

A lot has changed for me over the last 12 months, largely for the better. I have a house I share with my partner, thanks to family, friends and charity shops it is fully furnished and a really great place to be. I have a job that enables me to pay my share, something very important to me. I have an extended family who are really great people and it makes me happy to be around them.

Life for me is currently in a good place, I have a lot to be thankful for and I am extremely grateful for the things I've got. But that doesn't mean I wont be looking to change things in the coming year, the only way to get what you want is to go out and work to get it.