It is a year, almost to the minute since Nana passed away and a lot of things have happened since then. Therefore a time for reflection.
The day after the funeral saw mum begin 4 weeks of radio therapy to cure a small breast cancer. Almost a year on since the treatment she is well and healthy having started back at work full time in September.
September also saw dad being re-employed back in to the fire service working on a part time LLAR contract which now means when he goes to work, he works for at least 24 hours at a time. It is bearable but I do have to admit I do miss him especially when he does 3 or 4 shifts back to back.
Katy received stunning GCSE results in August and is now studying hard for this years GCSEs. She hopes to to go winstanley to further her studies. I am proud of her and will miss her when I go to uni in September.
And that turns the subject to me. I turned 18 in September and celebrated at my house with mates. Since then I have been out on many nights out, notably and by far the best was boxing day. This year has also seen me apply to university and I now hold a firm off of AAB for civil engineering at Sheffield uni.

So what does the future hold? Who knows but while 2009 was a hard year for all of us we have emerged from it stronger and closer together. We go to California on holiday in the summer and then to relatives in Tennessee. I will hopefully begin a new chapter of my life at uni and Katy will also hopefully start college