2024 In Review

How was 2024 for you? I hope it was good year for you!  2024 was a remarkable and life-altering year for me.

In February, I was hired for what I thought was a great job and long story short, they let me go. It was devastating to say the least! God made a way though. I had applied for unemployment because you never know if you don't try. The State found I was "unjustifiably terminated" and received compensation. The compensation was nice but what really helped me was being told by the State that I did nothing wrong! Unfortunately, employment can be very hard for TS butterflies because of discrimination and our Nonverbal Learning Disability. I am working on those issues and am also learning to drive through a vendor with a State Agency. We knew I would not be able to learn to drive through a traditional driving school and if I learned how to drive it could only be through an agency that teaches people like me how to drive and God provided there!  

I was home for a month getting my mental health and spiritual health on track. In early April, I received a text from someone who worked with me at Wendy's saying they really wanted me back and if I wanted to go back, they would take me back immediately and they did! God provided there! If I were at the old place, I would not have a day during the week for things like learning to drive, doctor appointments, and more. I work Tuesdays-Saturdays which temporally is exactly what I need. I also learned what I want to do which is to be Pharmacy Tech! 

In July, I attended the National Turner Syndrome Conference in Orlando, Fl and I went to Disney World with my TS sisters! I learned a lot about mental health in TS and discovered I had to get my act together or it could become bad, and I did. I now have a Social Worker on my team until I can get into a psychiatrist and my meds were adjusted with the help of a psychiatrist. The medicine and dosages I am on is working so well! My Social Worker checks on me once a month. 

In August, I had a huge medical emergency because of Turner Syndrome. I am involved with many Facebook groups for TS and have read post from my TS sisters, so I knew it was possible and I knew I needed to get the hospital right away. I do not know what would have happened if I did not it was a possible issue for TS and was able to communicate that to my family and the medical staff. It literally saved my life! I was admitted and it was storybook treatment from what I read when my sisters went through it! I was admitted and had 5 blood transfusions as well as 2 iron infusions. At one point, the nurse told my mom outside they could have lost me and at discharge I was told by a nurse "You practically all have new blood!" I will NEVER forget those 6 words! I had so many close calls and this was probably the closest call I had! I am grateful to be still here! 

Spiritually, 2024 will be the year I experienced the most growth and my mental health is reaping the benefits. I can see where God has provided for me in big ways- like Wendy's taking me when they did not have to. I will never forget that Wendy's offered me my job back and that they wanted me back! I didn't have to run begging. I saw God in the people who visited me from my former church and my current one and made me so loved. I saw God in so many ways! It was not always an easy road and there were some very hard things I went through. I am still dealing with severe pain in my hand. I am still working through what the hospitalization means for my future and that is hard, and I am still processing! We will never know what happened and that is something I need to deal with as well! 

I’ll suffice it to say, I can see God working through it. It isn’t easy but then God never promised us easy. He just promised He will get us through it! So, no matter what baggage you brought with you into 2025, or what you will go through remember God is for you and not against you! Look for Him in the little ways He proves Himself to you! You are not alone!