A trip down memory lane

Today is my youngest child's second birthday. It has been quite a busy day, Bubba had presents to open this morning and I still had kids to drop off at school plus make their lunches because I always forget to do it the night before. After the two older kids were at school we went to a toy warehouse, I, silly as I am took my two youngest kids and $60 later walked out after I was talked into buying some toys for two very excited boys. Then we got home and I sat down with a coffee and watched the boys play. Then I started thinking about the past two years.

It has been quite a busy two years. Two years ago I had severe depression, which thanks to a wonderful therapist and some medication is all but gone now, of course I still have my bad days like everyone but it is so much better now then two years ago, or even a year ago. My dad was diagnosed with cancer and passed away in October last year, I went through a relationship break up and then there was the everyday things like kids fighting, mess to clean up and school lunches to make and homework to help with. It was easy for me to think about how bad my life was but then I remembered a few things:

• My kids are all relatively healthy and safe and mostly happy
• My kids and I have a roof over our heads and clothes to wear and food to eat
• Someone I know lost their 5 year old daughter a few years ago. I cannot imagine the pain she must feel on a regular basis
• We live in a wonderful country with good education and health services.

So, really my life is not that bad. Sure, things happen. Sad things, happy things, disappointing things, but you get through them. You survive and most importantly, with most things, you learn something from them.