An Important Message

So for the past couple of weeks I have noticed an increase of threads dealing with troubles people are having in real life. Anything from illness, depression, family troubles, etc. Although this is a "minecraft" forum I still believe that making a thread and letting people know what is going on is a really great way to cope and deal with issues in your life. Now I'm about to make one of those threads, explaining why I have been so inactive and what is happening in my life. this thread isn't to make you guys feel bad for me or so you can see how hard my life is. No this thread has a deeper meaning I will talk about in one second. Anyway what about my story?

So this past year has been probably the toughest of my life. It started out well as I went into high school and noticed my insecurities had gone away. I was much more comfortable with my self and had more friends and better grades than in middle school. However, everything took a turn for the worse in March.My sister is in college but took a leave of absence after going through depression. My Dad has been very stressed out at work and in life and has finally admitted to being an alcoholic. And just a few weeks ago I found out my Mom has breast cancer. So as of now here is my family, a seriously depressed sister who is hurting herself, a stressed out dad who is turning to alcohol as an answer and a mom dying of cancer. Wow what a great life that is!

So as you can see right now my life isn't the best but also right now I have never been more happy. Why? My sister is getting therapy and is getting a lot better and hopefully can go back to school in the fall. My dad has realized his illness and is looking to fix it at AA meetings and also meeting with therapist, and my mom caught the cancer early and is getting the best treatment she can and I know for a fact she will live through this!

So you can look at life 2 ways. First, you can look at all the negatives in your day and ask yourself, "Why me? Why is this happening to me?" or you can look at all the positives, and live life to the fullest. I think sometimes in life we need to take a moment and just stop and breathe, look back and reflect and I think in moments of illness, depression and death we can really appreciate what we have and who we get to spend it with. So don't spend life wishing it would end, spend life wishing it wouldn't

"If you can't fly, then run.
If you can't run, then walk.
If you can't walk, then crawl,
but whatever you do keep moving forward."

Thank you

 

I'm sorry about your family.
I hope everything gets better for you and for your family

 

Thank you it really means a lot and like I said I know it will get better :)

 

I really hope everything gets better。
Stay strong because it's still worth it to live。Good luck in life。

 

I'm so glad your sister is finally getting therapy and your father isn't abusing substances anymore, and I'm also glad your mother is being a strong, brave woman.

Good luck Shadow, I hope everything works out for you and your family.

 

Sorry about your family I hope they get better soon :)

 

I'm glad everyone and everything is doing better for you! :)
It was time somebody made a thread about something positive rather than all these negative posts about sickness and what not. I'm glad you stepped up and did that.
I wish your family great luck with the therapy and treatment, and good luck in high school! :)

 

Woah, thats really optimistic! Welp, Good luck in your life