The following week, I started my new job at the private hospital. I loved it straight away! It took me 5 minutes to get to work and I clocked it at 1 mile distance...quite a difference from the 70 miles a day that I had been driving! It didn't take me long to settle in and found I remembered a lot from my F6 days. I discovered I was working with all the same Consultants I had worked with on F6 and they all remembered me.
I found my passion for nursing again! It was such an invigorating feeling realising that I hadn't lost it, it was purely down to my job situation at the time. I was jumping out of bed again in the mornings, doing loads of overtime and was a happy, enthusiastic nurse again! Kev noticed a change in my moods straight away as I got complete job satisfaction!
I have now been in my new job for 6 months but it feels like a lot longer! Who would have known, I got this job from what I first thought was a cold call! What would have happened if I had put the phone down? Would I still be in my old job as miserable as ever? Fate had stepped in yet again!
So here we are, 2 and a half years since I walked out of my parents' house and just look at my life! I have learnt so much in this time - love, friendship, strength and most importantly how to trust again! Some days I used to sit and analyse and thought I would never be able to trust again after being so betrayed by my parents! The simplest things make me so happy - walking hand in hand with my husband, waking up in the morning in the arms of the man I love, laughing and joking with friends and finding a family - one who loves me for all my high's and low's and one who I know will stand by me through thick and thin, for the rest of my life!
To me, these simple things make up my fairytale ending! I have been to Hell and back to get to where I am now but it was all worth it. I always hoped that one day I would find the strength to walk away but I could never have dreamed that life would turn out quite so well! We are a very ordinary couple, we are not rich and do not have an extravagant lifestyle....but together, we have everything! I found my Prince Charming and my life is now a Ball!
Here is a poem I wrote back in 1999 when I was trying to be positive:
Good Advice.
Someone one said to me,
Don't hold on to what you had,
Hold on to what you've got.
Don't look into the past,
Look into the future.
Remember the good things
And not the bad.
When you need faith
Look within yourself for the answer.
When you need love
Look into your heart.
And when you need someone to hold,
That special someone will be waiting!
Never a truer word!
I would like to say a special thank you to all the people that helped me along my journey through some very tough times and helped me turn my dreams into reality:
Zoe and Gareth for unfailing friendship and to beautiful Georgia for bringing such joy,
Yvonne and Marie, my sisters-in-law for showing me how normal sisters act towards each other,
Mick and Edna, my mother and father-in-law for showing me endless love and support and for giving me your amazing Son,
Sarah, for being a great friend and confidant and reading pages and pages of messages from me!
Lin, Andy, Hayley, Lucy and Grandad, my new-old famiy, for accepting me back into your lives no questions asked xx
and last but not least
Kevin, my gorgeous husband - without you showing me love and tenderness when I needed it the most, none of my new life would have been possible!
I am so looking forward to a bright, happy, positive future with you all! Words cannot express my gratitude towards you all, you know what they say - "A friend is the nicest thing to have and the nicest thing you can be!" Thank you all.
Lots of love, Angie xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Here's to the next chapter! :)
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