2016. 2016.

What a whirlwind it has been.

Life threw many curveballs that I would need to win.

 

From being recommended to leave graduate school

To family problems such as mom's health, dad's job, sis' school, and money

I didn't care that I wasn't cool 

Or didn't have a boyfriend that called me "Honey."

 

I just wanted this hurricane of a mess to end.

Oh the nightmares I had to face everyday 

The big question I had to comprehend 

"Will today be my last day?"

 

In the end, I survived. 

I impressed my supervisors and was told to stay

Inside I felt like doing the jive

But I simply said, "Okay."

 

Life had an odd way of granting my wish. 

My wish of being more confident in myself 

and remembering what true hard work felt like.

 

Now that 2017 here

I wonder what will be like

To those who are in life's curveballs, I say, "Have no fear."  

Because if I can get through this, so can you.