Shine is my home
A place that was presented to me 4,5 years ago. As a new chapter. With new challenges
For the first time in my life I didn’t have to try to be special. I am allowed to try whatever I want but I don’t have to. I feel important I feel like im appreciate for who I am.
Shine is where my friends are. I bring them here, I make them here, some I lost here. Which is sad but I have to keep living
I build my community here, a group of people who think like me or think different but still understand me.
Shine is where I can grow.
I can experiment with who I am. I get chances to try out new things. New responsibilities. I am allowed to try when i don’t know how to do something. I feel safe enough to try even tho I know ill make mistakes.
Shine is how I know who I am
When I first got here I was insecure and didn’t know what I wanted with my life. By now I know who I am. I’m sometimes I’m loud sometimes I’m quiet.
I’ve always known I liked dancing. But shine made me fall in love with it.
Now I know I’m a dancer I want to spend my life dancing.
Im a dancer, a fighter, a friend, a sister, a complicated human being
I dont know what my gender is or my sexuality.
That’s okay cause I found my girlfriend and I know I love her.
Shine is my family
The people I know I can always go to when something is wrong. Where I dump everything when life is shit. I’ll only get a response on work days but that’s oke. Shine is what got me away from my depression. Where I made some of my best friends and met my girlfriend.
Shine is the place I’ve looked for in my life. My home, my safety net, my challenge
And now I’m here. Telling you what this means for me. At Christmas a time to be together. And I feel free. I’m able to be myself because of shine. I hope I can give that to other people as well. Cause it’s an amazing feeling.