>>149601288 (OP)
Last season repaid me for a lot of tears and a lot of misery. It wasn’t an easy season, I didn’t believe in success for a long time. Everyone had been ridiculing us for years. All these years had genuinely taken a toll on me, it was like having your hand rest on the hot stove and being unable to let go. But last season, it finally worked. And it felt so good. Saying I enjoyed it feels like an understatement. The confirming final whistle was a surreal moment, I couldn’t even cry until later, when my dad and I hugged in celebration. This was the first success after ~12 years of decline and embarrassment, preceded by even more years of chaos. This success was and is only supposed to be the first step back into the light. And yet, it felt like it was worth everything. It was wonderful, it still is wonderful. It meant a lot to many people around me