Skip to main content

Happiness

It's amazing how good life can be when you surround yourself with positive people.  No matter how low you are in life, it could be worse.  A friend recently helped me realize how to appreciate the things you have and no matter what situation you are in, there's always a solution and there's always a way to make it better.  I find myself looking for the kindness in people, the positive in every situation, and the good things in life. 

This Wednesday Cody is having probably one of the biggest surgeries he will ever have.  I have been a nervous wreck since I scheduled it.  As a parent, we tend to over analyze every situation, google every symptom and surgery and hope for the best but prepare for the worst.  I have learned over the last few days that with a positive attitude, positive people by my side, and a prayer to god, everything will be just fine.  Cody is by far the strongest kid I have ever met and he WILL get through this.  He WILL be okay.  His speech will improve so much, and we are hoping it will also help his eating.

I recently feel ok with where I am in life. When I look around me, this is not at all where I pictured myself at 30 but my happiness outweighs everything. My children bring me so much happiness and joy and make every day an adventure.  My family is so amazing and they have all helped me get to where I am today.  My friends are something I cant even explain.  I have best friends that live thousands of miles away and still support me through everything I do.  I have friends I've known only a few weeks who talk to me every day and support me through my biggest struggles.  I have friends who know exactly what I've gone through, because they've been there too, and they just get it and are there to listen day after day. 

It's not about where you live, the car you drive, the money you have or the clothes you wear.  All that matters is that you're surrounded with love and kindness, you have a roof over your head and food on the table.  I have surely been enjoying every day to the fullest and smiling more than I have in years.  Thank you to those around me who have helped me get back to my old self, helped me realize who I really am, and helped me understand the important things in life... like happiness.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

When Pineapple socks aren’t enough

I wake up in the morning, get my kids ready for school, make my husband and I a cup of coffee and take three small pills. When you look at them you’d never imagine what they could do to your body but right from the beginning I was willing to do it. No matter what it took, I would do it. Little did I know, these pills would just be another part of the sadness. I continue on my day, limiting caffeine, watching what I eat and gaining a pound a minute. Before bed, Jim injects more medication into my buttocks. These medications are supposed to be getting my body ready to have a baby but for some reason this small thing that I want so badly is so hard to achieve. Since the day I met Jim, we’ve wanted a baby. We’ve picked out names, first outfits, and ways we want to tell our parents the news. It’s been 4 years since we agreed we wanted to start trying and we still don’t have it. Just before Covid hit, we decided to see a fertility specialist to help us achieve pregnancy. We tracked my cyc
Post a Comment
Read more

update on Dystonia and Family

I have been doing as well as could be expected.  I am back in Florida so it's nice to be with Ryan.  Although I am still upset about the whole thing, I am trying hard to smile and not let it show.  The spasms have returned and have gotten worse since the DBS was removed.  When I suck on a piece of candy or ice, my throat tightens up.  It's very scary but Im hoping it won't get any worse.  My neck also twitches sometimes and my foot spasms have come back.  My hand is curled in but if I think about it, I can straighten my wrist (not my fingers).  The most upsetting part is that I was just looking at pictures of myself the day after DBS and I had a huge smile on my face because I had made it through and then a couple weeks later there was a picture of my hand open.  I had never been so excited as I was that day.  I had so much in my head that I wanted to do now that I could use my hand and most of it involved Hailey.  Hailey helped me get through the surgery and I was getting
13 comments
Read more

Pregnant With Dystonia

Well, hello there and welcome to my blog. These last couple months have been stressful, exciting, painful, happy and scary. I'm working on keeping these feelings positive! A couple of years ago I was diagnosed with Dystonia. My left hand has curled into a fist and I can no longer use my fingers. My wrist is permanantly stuck in a spasm and I now wear a brace 24/7. I get daily spasms in my feet and sometimes its hard to walk because I don't know when it is going to happen. I have muscle spasms in my back quite often and occassionally in my neck and jaw. On top of the dystonia, I have multi-directional instability in both of my shoulders, causing them to dislocate very frequently. In February, 2010 I took a home pregnancy test and it was positive! It was the greatest thing that has ever happened to me. Although my boyfriend and I were a little nervous, we smiled and started to plan our life together with our baby that was on the way. Since then, I haven't been able
8 comments
Read more