19/11/2025
Today, out of nowhere, I remembered something I hadn’t thought about in years.
I remembered the day I walked into the ballet academy where I was supposed to do my GCSEs.
I went to see the place… I heard the piano… I walked closer…
and when I saw the students dancing, I felt this deep sadness in my chest.
I remembered how much I loved ballet.
Watching them brought back an old dream,one I never got to complete.
Something I had chosen for myself for the first time…
and something that had to be interrupted when I got pregnant.
Today I realised I never grieved that dream.
I got pregnant and had to stop dancing.
Everything happened so fast, so suddenly… too big for someone my age.
There was no space to process anything.
Saying goodbye to my friends, my church, my family, my whole life…
It was a deep cut for the teenage girl I was,she didn’t get the time to breathe or understand what was happening.
But today…
today I know I can build new dreams.
Today I can.
I can.
I will keep studying.
I will go to networking events.
I will connect.
I will grow.
Amen.
I can. 🫶