Charlotte's Heart Transplant

I wrote this post 5 years ago and it just sat here as my blog wasn't live, but I wrote it to process my feelings around hitting such a huge milestone, it's obviously now out of date but I decided to just post it as is! The blog is back. It might be a one off, I might stay consistent, who knows. As I often say 'life has a plan but we'll never know what it is'. I'm not quite 5 years post transplant, my anniversary is 27th Feb 2023 but the countdown to this anniversary has been going on for months now. Every year feels like a big deal but this anniversary feels like a huge deal and I'm not fully sure why. A lot has happened since I was 21 and put on that transplant waiting list, in fact, looking back is like watching a film about a girl I kind of know but not very well. I have a scar down the centre of my chest to remind me of what I've been through, but even that has faded to a point where I don't even notice it.  So my emotions have been quite mixed r...