I've Been Busy with Good Things (update)

I haven't been able to contribute to my blog lately because I have been busy planning 2 events but these events are worth working on at the moment as they are both very important steps in my life. First of all I am planning my wedding with my partner which is really exciting because now I will be officially apart of my partners family. I use to feel a great sense of loss when it came to the word 'family' but now that my family will be expanding to Keiron's family, I feel differently. 

Now I feel like I'm finally becoming apart of a family that I am spiritually connected to. Although I was born into a family biologically I now realise that it wasn't my true family because there was no genuine connection to my parents and their families and there was definitely no spiritual connection. I wanted different things in life to them and the more I worked on myself the more I grew apart from them. So I'm excited to finally be part of a family that truly loves me and appreciates me. I finally belong, which brings me to the other event I've been planning slowly; Walk Everyday May.

Walk Everyday May is an event I registered with White Ribbon. It's a fitness fundraising event where you gain sponsors and raise awareness about family violence. I'm also working to slowly create a community around it. The biggest part is organising the launch event where there will be guest speakers and I have already organised two, I'm just trying to secure 3 more. This event will grow eventually over time. This struggle has been a big part of my life and toxic relatives will most likely try to regain contact or spy every now and then and although I hate that, that happens, I've come to accept it may happen but it wont become a problem because I am not going to respond and I know my legal rights around it. The only thing toxic relatives are able to do is increase my strength and drive around my family domestic violence activism. I know this because it happened the other day.

If this blog update strikes a cord with you in a way that you too have been a victim of family domestic violence and you want to get involved email walkeverydaymay@gmail.com or alternatively you can sponsor me or join the event at 

https://events.whiteribbon.org.au/fundraisers/Aria-Joshes/walk-everyday-may

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