Being me…hasn’t been much fun lately

And I think I’ve figured out why.  Now that things are improving in our lives in different ways, I think the three years of really intense stress and loss is catching up with me.  I think my body is finally making me pay for bottling things up, for pushing my fear and hurt and emotion aside to do what had to be done.  At least I know what’s going on now.

Now to figure out how to deal with it, let it out, and still manage to get things done.  After all, work and life aren’t going to stop while I fall apart!

Gratitude

I’m grateful for friends who love me.

I’m grateful for peace and quiet.

I’m grateful for good books and time at night to read them.

I’m grateful for a chance to “catch up” on my sleep.

I’m grateful for a weekend away – and for my own place.

Ups and downs…

Well my daughter has started a second medicine – Topamax – and at first it seemed to result in MORE seizures, but now that the dosage has increased, she seems to have adjusted and the seizures are less frequent and less…obvious.  She’s doing really well now – well, she’s acting more like a typical 2-year-old, which I guess you could say is both GREAT and …well, trying.  LOL.

We are really, really pleased at her progress and her brother’s – he just got out of his first year of school and he won an award for “Academic Excellence”!

All in all, things seem to be moving in the right direction…after a long, long struggle!