5 Years Later...

Looking back at this blog, I hardly recognize the person I was then.  I have watched videos and looked at pictures and I am not even close to that person any more.  It's really weird to feel that way.  I know in some ways I have changed for the better, although in other ways, probably not for the better.  And in yet others, I have just changed, neither good nor bad.

In the last 5 years:
Pete has worked from home full time for much of it after being in Chicago 5-6 days a week for 2 years
I had 5 more stays inpatient at the mental health hospital, along with 2 day program stays, and one round of shock therapy.
I had a year of seizures in 2011
The kids are now all in school.  Pieter in 6th grade, Aubs in 5th and Micah in 2nd.
Pieter has grown and adapted and learned so much and is doing amazing.
Aubs is a smartie too, and we help her as she struggles with overwhelming anxiety, just like me...
Micah loves the periodic table and we help him as he struggles with OCD, just like his daddy.
Our marriage has had ups and downs, but last year (2013) was the best year yet, and things are only looking up from here.
I gained 35 more lbs.
I had a partial hysterectomy due to cysts and a tumor on my uterus.
I was diagnosed with a bleeding gastric ulcer.
I was diagnosed with Graves' Disease, an autoimmune disorder that involves a hyperthyroid.
I got my first tattoo, and my second, my third and my fourth.
I cut of almost all of my hair.
Life is so different now.
Do we look different?



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