Three years a charm

Yesterday my husband and I celebrated our three year wedding anniversary. It was bittersweet in a way. We are both still very much mourning the loss of my father only two and a half weeks ago. We were both very close to him, he was a weekly, if not daily, part of our lives. To say life will return to "normal" one day is a drastic misunderstanding of the word. We will have to re-define normal from now on...and maybe that's ok.

These past three years have been pretty rough on us. We battled my health issues- partial hearing loss in my right ear followed by debilitating vertigo; a diagnosis of Celiac Disease (which people seem to think is the worst of my problems, it is by FAR the least of them); a DVT on our honeymoon followed by a diagnosis of not one but two and today we learned THREE genetic blood clotting disorders. We've also battled addiction issues and underwent marital counseling and came near seperating at one point in our marriage. However, I am happy to say we are happier and stronger now then we have ever been. We are even more in love and having gone through these struggles and triumphed through them together has made us not only love each other more, but develop a deep respect for each other as well.

Fred has been wonderfully supportive in the wake of my father's death. He lost his father at only 9 years old to Kindey Cancer. Now we both visit our father's graves and mourn together - saddly now being able to share that loss.

Its been rough, but I can honestly say we look at life now and stand together stronger than ever. We don't fear what life could throw at us or our marriage. We'll deal with it and get through it- that's what we do.