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I want to give all the members of this site a little bit of my story of the last say.. 15 months or so... and its to give a little hope to some, ifjust one these things had happened 3 years ago it would have made me bedridden for weeks/started a flare etc.
So lets start with a few dates... 2006 left the ass of an ex
2007- internet romance started with my current husband (he's scottish, I'm Australian.
Various visits occurred ( BIG DEAL for me.. 24 hours basically in a plane!! OMG)
So in July 2008 there was a proposal :). but for immigration sakes, that also meant I had to get a job (hadn't worked outside the home since 2002) in order to prove that I could support my new husband.
So in July I MOVED arggh
By October I was WORKING fulltime
My 10 yo daughter wrote a suicide note and an ongoing court custody case has ensued against her father.
My Fiance emigrated in FEBRUARY 2009
My mother died (at 52- no cause ever found) in March 2009
I got married in April 2009
My sister had her first baby in August 2009 (on Mum's Birthday)
My Grandfather died in september 2009
I just got word today that my grandmother (other side) died today.
I still work fulltime. I still get out of bed every day. I still have pain but its not as unbearable... I've gone from a life where I got the kids up and ready for school, slept while they were at school went and got them and then tried my damndest to stay awake and functional til bedtime.- that was 2006... and look at me now :) I still struggle but any one of those listed event in the last year would have knocked me flat on my arse before and some of those events are known to be the extreme stressors we will go through in our lives.
I write this for myself, to mark where I have come from, to where I am today, to give those of you needing some hope that how things are now, aren't neccessarily how they will be in a month or a year or even ten.
With love and prayers to all of you
Coralie XxX
So lets start with a few dates... 2006 left the ass of an ex
2007- internet romance started with my current husband (he's scottish, I'm Australian.
Various visits occurred ( BIG DEAL for me.. 24 hours basically in a plane!! OMG)
So in July 2008 there was a proposal :). but for immigration sakes, that also meant I had to get a job (hadn't worked outside the home since 2002) in order to prove that I could support my new husband.
So in July I MOVED arggh
By October I was WORKING fulltime
My 10 yo daughter wrote a suicide note and an ongoing court custody case has ensued against her father.
My Fiance emigrated in FEBRUARY 2009
My mother died (at 52- no cause ever found) in March 2009
I got married in April 2009
My sister had her first baby in August 2009 (on Mum's Birthday)
My Grandfather died in september 2009
I just got word today that my grandmother (other side) died today.
I still work fulltime. I still get out of bed every day. I still have pain but its not as unbearable... I've gone from a life where I got the kids up and ready for school, slept while they were at school went and got them and then tried my damndest to stay awake and functional til bedtime.- that was 2006... and look at me now :) I still struggle but any one of those listed event in the last year would have knocked me flat on my arse before and some of those events are known to be the extreme stressors we will go through in our lives.
I write this for myself, to mark where I have come from, to where I am today, to give those of you needing some hope that how things are now, aren't neccessarily how they will be in a month or a year or even ten.
With love and prayers to all of you
Coralie XxX
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Thank you so much and so sorry about your grandmother today.
Hugs and best wishes to you.
But I wanted to share and say thank you for posting your story. It proves that we can do this. We have to do this.
Thanks for sharing your inspiring story with us all!
Hugs!