Cry yourself a story.

'Cry yourself a story' Kevin Brooks, Lucas

This quote is from a childrens book called Lucas, a teenage girl falls for a mysterious traveller boy who faces abuse from the locals and is forced to kill himself. At the beginning of the story the girl talks of how she can't tell Lucas’s story because it's too hard, too upsetting and she doesn't want a remember it, but her dad tells her to ’Cry yourself a story’ because even though it may be difficult to look back on without the awful events of that summer she wouldn't be who she is now.

The same stands for people with long-term illnesses, it's easy to wish you could go back to a time when things were easier but without the trials, the pain and the tears would you have the same values you hold now?

Would you take the time to appreciate the little things like you do now?

The truthful answer is no.

Think of all those memories as a paragraph, a small section in a bigger chapter of your story.

Read them back sometimes with teary eyes but most importantly carry on writing.

Cry yourself a story.