Diary Entry 23 May 2020
Today is the 23rd of May 2020. Our summer holidays start in a week. I am not sure if I am happy about that. I don’t know if it will be nice or totally crap. I don’t know if everything will work out as planned or not. I don’t know if I will change. I don’t know if anything at all will change. In conclusion, I don’t know anything. During these current times (of Covid-19), I think no-one knows anything, but with me, it seems extra strong.
My name is Leona McDonagh, I am 14 years old, my height is 1.65 metres and I am a totally ordinary girl. My life seems to be like any other. Getting up in the mornings, eating, going to school, using the bathroom and going to bed again in the evenings. My thoughts on life and the meaning behind it, are mostly positive. I am very hard working, get good grades, have a great family and one could say that I have everything I need. I am a total fighter, what I mean by that is, if I set myself a goal, I don’t give up until I have reached it. That could be positive or negative because I can’t let loose. When it doesn’t go as planned, it is very difficult for me to accept that.
At the moment I live in Ireland. I live in a small town, in a house with my family. It is actually quite nice here, only that we live right at the main street, hear all the noise and have no garden, but it is manageable. We have a Labrador, named Akela, we got her in 2017 and since then she is just a perfectly fitting part of our family. We are a very close family and usually get along great. There is almost nothing to complain about, everyone likes me and I’m living a great life. My family is always there for me and I couldn’t wish for a better one.
My family and I have already experienced a lot together, when I was eight, we lived in Australia for half a year, after that, we lived in Germany for two and a half years, and before and after that, in my homeland, Ireland. For me, my homeland is Germany, it’s where I had the best time of my life so far and my mother’s side of the family lives there. We only really have contact with my mother’s side, not my dad’s, that is why I miss them so much and they are so important to me. Usually we see each other twice a year, but now because of the coronavirus, we sadly can’t see each other. They had planned to come over for Easter, but that unfortunately didn’t work out. We are planning to fly there on the 7th of July (3 days after my 15th birthday). The flight isn’t cancelled yet, but I don’t have a good feeling about us going there. It would be really nice to go on holidays though, because everyone deserves that and surely everyone wants it. We really want to, but if it doesn’t work out, then it’s not supposed to and that’s for the best, I am certain of it.
Why I am writing and starting this, is because I am not well at the moment. I would like to use this as a diary, but also as a book where I write down what I have learnt. I will be writing about my experiences and how I grow, learn and change through them. Maybe this will help someone who is going through similar things as me. Even if it only helps one person, I will be so pleased. I hope this book brings across what I mean and is a guide or a help to anyone who urgently needs or wants it.
Today is the 1st of April 2022
I needed help, and I got help, and for that, I am eternally grateful.
I hope that you get to know yourself better through this book, because that is what I have done. Come with me on the journey through my life, and take out of my written lines what’s helpful to you and you want. I am thanking you – for everything! And have fun while reading!
