The Story Begins

A very dear and wonderful friend told me that I have to start taking 20 minutes a day for myself. It seems that with all that I have been taking care of lately I forgot to take care of one thing, ME!

So I have decided that I am going to take 20 minutes a day to write. I have two blogs and a journal so I will be taking turns between them.

And the WINNER today is Me. This blog is all about me. Although somehow I am sure my kids and husband will wonder around in here, this is pretty much my personal journal to myself, for everyone else to read. Did that make any sense?

So where do I start this wonderful journey into myself?

One beautiful November day 33 yeas ago? Hmmm... that is a lot of writing to do in just twenty minutes a day two times a week.

One pleasant January day 15 years ago? OK that is a little bit better but still a lot of writing to do in twenty minutes a day.

OK so lets start in the middle (Maria Von Trap don't hurt me, Please!)

My story begins in August of 1999, OK so that is still a long time ago it is the best place to start. So it was in this August that I began a horrible walk through depression. I had always suspected that I was more of a melancholy person, but depressed was a bit of a shock. After all I had just had a baby this was just a period of baby blues, it had to be. I was wrong. I kept sinking deeper and deeper into myself and this dark dreary world that was quickly becoming my reality.

I had also begun the wonderful journey of anti-depresants, oh what fun that can be let me tell you. So for two months I tried an array of different medicines (I was still nursing my baby so this was difficult to find ones that were safe). Finally we found one that was helping unfortunately it did make me a bit sleepy, for a mom of three this was not a plus, but it was better than the alternative.

So now this brings us to October, and low and behold we received another piece of amazing information. I was pregnant. OH WOW! I was not expecting that at all.

So as you can see the story is just getting good. Since there is not a good spot to stop this story this is a good as any. Until Friday then.