Johanna's Story, 3 years after the hurricane

[dreamwriteremmy]

It's been 3 years now since the hurricane.

It took awhile, but I'm doing better than I was 2 years ago. Mom's doing a lot better too. She's more present and she started singing again.

I've been seeing a therapist since then too.

It says something though that it was my dance instructor who pointed out two years ago, a year after the hurricane, that there was a problem and I wasn't seeing it because I was too focused on everything except me. Moving too fast, trying to escape from myself.

Testing both my dance skills and my emotions. I forgot the basics. I forgot how to keep my balance and it made my performance in everything sloppy because I stopped caring.

I'm glad I'm doing better, even though it still isn't easy.

I always have to remind myself to slow down, to keep my balance, to take care of myself first so I don't get myself hurt. And when I start to lose it, I always have to remind myself that the little victories are just as important as the big ones. No one's perfect and stuff always happens.