Thoughts I Have

Hey blogosphere, Me again, with another offering for your eyes! First things first, thank you for the wonderful reactions to my news in my last post - it was really humbling to see just how many people were there celebrating this success with me. Long may it continue throughout the months and years to come! Onwards for today...

Hey friends! Long time no blog, infinite amount of apologies about that, but I come bearing news!! For those who may not know, I work in Retail (those who know me well will know where I work, but for those who don’t, sucks for you) and recently, an opportunity had presented itself that I couldn’t possibly ignore.

For those of you who are new, old, or who have come here against your own free will - allow me to introduce to you the girl behind the keyboard. My name is Tessa, I’m 23 years old from the wonderful city of Tauranga. More specifically, I call a little town named Mount Maunganui my home, my happy place, and the place where I feel whole.

In light of Suicide Prevention Week, I thought that I'd share my story. My hope for this is that someday, these words on this screen will help someone feel a little less hopeless and helpless, and help them see that there IS a light at the end of the tunnel - you just have to be willing to fight for it.

About a month ago, I made two of the hardest decisions of my life thus far. Those who know me well will tell you how stubborn I am, and that I often don’t go down without a fight. For me, having to give something up makes me feel anxious and scared about what’ll happen next. What will I do? Where will I go? How do I go about readjusting once everything is done? So on and so forth, I think you get the idea…

There’s that dreaded six-letter word I always hated seeing and thinking about, at any given point in my life, it was always there to greet me. To remind me that everything around me is no longer the same as it once was.

Hi blog, it me. I know it’s been a while, three months almost, since I last wrote something on here. I’m not sure where I was going with that, let’s try again… Hi there! If you’re reading this, you’re probably wondering where in the world has Tessa been. Or maybe, you don’t really mind. Either way, I’m back, and ready to get writing again.