It gets better

Hey everyone. You probably guessed the theme of this journal from the title, but I wanted to tell my story and to tell you all that life DOES get better. I used to be really depressed, I was bullied in school, I didn't really have any friends to speak of for years, I had a guy abuse me at the age of 13, at the age of 12 I was sexually abused by school boys on the bus home multiple times and they ended up on the sex offenders register, my nan died, easy to say I didn't get the best start. I thought it had gotten better when I met my first proper boyfriend. I'd be lying if I said I didn't love him and didn't have fun being in a relationship with him, but we ended up breaking up really painfully over a disagreement. It was horrible and I was really down for weeks. I'm a christian but I'd never really leant on God before, never really believed he was there to help me, thought I was insignificant, thought he wouldn't bother with me. But, he touched my heart, I leant on him and he helped me through. He lead me to meet this guy at a christian music festival called Refresh. This guy is now my boyfriend and he says that he'll ask me to marry him someday soon. I'm on my way to university to study nursing and I'm closer to my family and God than ever before. Life gets better, I was miserable in my early teens but now, I'm on top of the world. Even if you don't believe in God, life still gets better my friends. Pick yourselves up, fix a smile on your face and walk out your door. Face the world one day at a time, make your world what you want it to be. Don't have a job and want one? Go to college, improve your skills and get one. Depressed? Find a group. Everyone has the chance to change their world, just go for it. Life can and does get better. Take care folks and God bless x