Over Christmas my husband and our boys and myself went to Montana. It was a long anticipated trip for me...lets just say that being home for a short time was theraputic! Except for the day after Christmas..
Christmas was great! We spent it with my grandpa, who is responding very well to chemo, who has stage 4 liver cancer. My family, my twin sister's family, and both my step brothers. Almost all 5 kids were there, but I guess 11 adults and 3 toddlers was a full house anyway.
The day after Christmas, starting with my husband at 3am, we started dropping like flies...we had food poisoning! My husband, myself, my mom and then my grandma. Mercifully grandpa and none of the toddlers ate what we did so the ones I was most worried about were safe, but taking care of yourself and babies when you are that sick is very educational. I am blessed with a mom who is willing to help me and my husband even in the midst of being sick herself, so the three of us did rounds of diaper duty to give eachother breaks from the yucky ones and to get a nap in for us all...MY MOM IS AWESOME!!!
2 weeks around people who were familiar and who treat us and our children like we have never been gone...it was amazing! And I am pleased to see, and hear from those who saw me, that my depression is doing much better! My husband says, "I have my sassy wife back", and then smiles cheekily at me...I LOVE HIM! It's great that he likes me sassy!
I'm taking my baby steps back to joy! I'm finding my way back to the person I want to be, and it's not easy but it starts with a step...step....step!
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