Our Stories by Jam

How was your new year's celebration? It is 2025. How has it been already new year?  I guess when I look back at my 2024, it was a year of struggle.  i struggled financially, (like it was hard to get through to the next payday);  struggled with health, my annual healthcheck showed i had some heart issue and was told to decrease fat and salt in my diet; this led to unstable mental health for having to balance everything and still be sane, and also relationships because who is not?;  and it was this year we enrolled Klay, my second child to an occupational therapy clinic after diagnosed with autism; My mom also had to leave for UK. And i felt alone.. again.  i thought i had to lean in to people, to be whole, to go through what i had to. i was in dire need for actual human connection, to be understood, to be seen and heard, but little did i know that in doing so, i also had to understand, i also had to give part of myself, and in the process, actually lost myself....