I wasn't always a Twi-hard. I had my "It's a teeny bopper thing" phase, but then I read Twilight out of sheer boredom and the rest is history! Now I have been a fan for almost 5 years and it has been an amazing journey! I have made many new friends and have had some awesome experiences, but the last 2 years have exponentially increased my personal fandom...let me explain why:
Two years ago this January I started to get sick. At first I just thought it was just stress, I was a manager at a very busy retail store,so it was to be expected, right? As the symptoms progressively got worse I visited numerous doctors and even saw a few specialists, they didn't find anything serious and wrote it off as stress just as I had. We were all wrong! In February of 2011 I quit my high-stress retail job and went to work as a caregiver in a memory care facility....it was my dream job! I loved every minute of it! It's not like there was no stress, but it was a different kind of stress and the rewards were worth it. Three months into that job I got sicker, much sicker.....I ended up needing surgery, but it was supposed to be simple and I would be 100% ....wrong again! That minor surgery led to life-threatening complications that required more surgeries and hospital stays....I was, and still am, in Hell! I will never fully heal from all of this, I can't work anymore, I am on medications I may never get to stop taking and my life has been permanently altered. I have an amazing husband and two beautiful children, without them I don't think I would still be here, but I also believe that without The Twilight Saga I would've gone crazy. My fictional friends (via DVD's and books) kept me company during hospital stays, surgery recoveries and during all my new found free time at home! It has truly become my escape from reality!
The Saga also taught me a few things along the way....love with your whole being, cherish every moment as if it were your last, never take anyone or anything for granted because it could be gone in an instant, stay strong no matter what life throws at you and blood doesn't make a family, love does! I have tried very hard to live by these Twi-rules. It's not always easy, but when I find myself slipping I pop in one of the movies or pick up whichever book I am reading again, (Currently reading New Moon for the 19th time.) immerse myself in my fictional friends world and somehow I always feel better! I know it sounds pretty childish for a 33 year old woman, but I just can't help it. The Saga has helped save my life and my sanity and I can't ignore that! So, thank you Stephenie Meyer for giving us this story and thank you Summit Entertainment and Lionsgate for giving it a face! All us Twi-hards are truly grateful!!
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