"Keep Holding On"- Boyce Avenue (Originally by Avril Lavigne)

You're not alone
Together we stand
I'll be by your side
You know I'll take your hand

When it gets cold
And it feels like the end
There's no place to go
You know I won't give in
No, I won't give in

Keep holding on
Cause you know I'll make it through,
I'll make it through
Just stay strong
cause you'll know I'm here for you,
I'm here for you

There's nothing you can say
Nothing you can do
There's no other way when it comes to the truth
So keep holding on
Cause you know I'll make it through,
I'll make it through

So far away
I wish you were here
Before it's too late
This could all disappear

Before the doors close
And it comes to an end
With you by my side
I will fight and defend
I'll fight and defend
(Yeah, yeah)

Keep holding on
Cause you know I'll make it through,
I'll make it through
Just stay strong
cause you'll know I'm here for you,
I'm here for you

There's nothing you can say
Nothing you can do
There's no other way when it comes to the truth
So keep holding on
Cause you know I'll make it through,
I'll make it through

I think through life we've all felt alone before. And in this song it talks about how there are always people that you can count on who will be there for you and who truly love you. It's difficult because I live bi coastal, so my family and close friends that I've grow up with are all on the west coast, and when I go to school on the east coast, it's difficult to go through medical procedures and just having a challenging time when your alone. That's one of the worse feelings emotionally when you have to go to a serious doctor appointment alone. You feel like no one cares about you. But it's understandable I suppose. At what line do you draw who can help you. I know that sounds funny but let me explain. You know as a child you were growing up and your parents "had" to take care of you. It was just kinda their job. Well when you grow up and leave the house, you create a "new" kind of family. A family made of close friends. But the thing is, as much as I appreciate them, and really do want them there with me, it's kind of weird because I feel bad that they need to go out of their way. That I intrude or burden them.

This next semester will be really interesting because I have only let one of my friends like that and she graduated this past semester. SO now it's time to be a big girl again and go through it alone again. Plus it doesn't help that I know this next semester is going to be brutal because it will be probably be the worse winter on the east coast in my four years away at school. The past winters were not terrible, but at the same time, it was different getting used to walking to class in the snow. And the cold really affects my medical situation. So right now, I'm running around trying to get warm clothes to take back with me because this winter is going to be a whole other experience.

I'm going to do my best to stay strong and make it through this winter. I really hope I can. The past ones were difficult. And I didn't even make it through one of the winters before.

I choose the Boyce Avenue cover of this song just because I really feel like it speaks more to how I'm feeling being an acoustic song. The Avril Lavigne version is a little to punk for how I'm feeling. Anyways, enjoy.