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Feel Good Friday

A special Feel Good Friday today as one of our young members, Ben (18, HLHS) has written a brilliant blog post for LHM about what it's like having half a heart. (As part of our Handmade Hearts series, LHM’s young members talk about life with half a heart. To learn more about Handmade Hearts, click here.)

Ben has written a great blog about what life has been like for him living with half a heart, taking a different path to his friends, and what he has achieved with his handmade heart.

"I sailed through my GCSEs no problem, but then A levels hit me and they hit me hard. The change in work and social expectations was tougher than I’d thought. I ended up re-doing my first year of A levels and it worked out a lot better: I fitted in the year better and the change of subjects was also a nice change. My results weren’t great though and I realised that perhaps A levels just weren’t for me. So I have now moved to West Cheshire College to study a BTEC Level 3 in Health and Social Care. It’s been a big change, going from a small school were everyone knew me, to a huge college were no one knows me. It’s full of strangers who walk past me in the corridors. No “Hi, Ben!” here, and there are only a few people who know anything about my heart condition. It was a new beginning; I was just another person on the course and it’s my chance to show who I really am."

Click here to read it in full.

You can help LHM to continue supporting children and young adults with half a heart you can support us by sharing our young members stories. To donate to LHM please text HELP22 followed by a £ and the amount to 70070.