Personal Inspirations

Hello again!

So today I'm talking about my personal inspirations, or rather inspiration. I have so many, both celebrity and personal but there's one very special girl who inspires me.

Now two of my biggest personal inspirations are my parents. They always give me the best advice no matter the problem, they're always there for me and for each other and the rest of the family; I couldn't have asked for better role-models or inspirations. In fact much of my family are inspirations, they're all incredibly strong, caring people. But today I'm talking about one in particular.

Lauren. She's my adoptive auntie, but being closer to my age I see her more as another cousin. She's lived with my grandad and nanny since she was a baby; they took on many foster children before my nanny died, but Lauren is their longest term and still lives with my grandad now.

Now Lauren has multiple disabilities, I don't think I even know all of them but just a few are; autism, blindness (only one eye has partial sight) and issues with walking. When she was just 5 years old, several doctors told our family Lauren, if she lived, would never walk, talk, write or do anything a normal child and growing person can.

And here's why she's so inspirational to me.

Can't walk? She walks, runs and dances! She absolutely loves dancing! Sure it tires her after a while, she can't walk long distances but she's proved the doctors wrong there.

Can't talk? More like struggle to stop her talking! And her hearing is so good, that even with her sat in another room and listening to music, she hears your entire conversation from a couple of rooms away! Nothing gets past Lauren!

Can't write? Her writing may be similar to that of a young child but:

(She signed her name; 16th birthday card)

Might not live? Lauren is now 20 years old. She's planning her future and sure she'll never be out of care, but she's going to have a wonderful life.

I've lived my entire life growing up with Lauren and she, to me, is one of the most inspirational people in my life. She is family to me. And I'm so proud of how wrong she proved those doctors to be! It just goes to show that if you try, you can prove bad judgments about you wrong.

Until the next time,
                             Jess x