My relationship with my husband is central to my happiness with life. We both had previous bad marriages and were scared to trust anyone else. It took four years of being together before we decided that we wanted to take the step of gettting married. This picture is us at our wedding in July 2010. Since that time our relationship has been tested extremely. The main issue has been his health. He took a turn for the worse in May and has not been home since. He is currently in a nursing home 30 miles from our house. He went through a month were he did not know where he was and his memories were mixed up. He could not remember from day to day what had happened. He was confused and hallucinating. That month seemed to last years to me. I spend everyday balancing my children, work and going to see him in the home. This past week his memory has improved significantly. He knows the date and can remember things from day to day.
I feel that adversity happens sometimes to help us realize the love that we have for another person.
This is a picture of the girls who are important in my life. From left to right the first three are my sisters and the next three are my daughters. These ladies all have very distinct personalities and all play a very important role in my life defining who I am. We have a very close knit family. It is very common for us to do things together from doctors appointments to playing in a softball league. Many people think that we are strange because we enjoy to do things together. Often we have heard people say that they only go to family functions because they have to and choose not to spend addtional time with their family members. Growing up our extended family made it a point to barbecue every Sunday. I think that this is the example we follow.
This is my brother and my son. These are the two most important guys in my life, other than my husband. My brother and I can spend hours talking and never run out of things to say. We both teach at the same school. Our classrooms are next door to each other. We value the same things in life such as hard work, honesty, and making a difference in the life of a child.
My son is the baby of the family but you would never know it by how mature he is. He is a very hard worker and a giving person. Even though he has faced extreme adversity in his life, he has really grown to be a great guy. I look forward to the future when he will have a family of his own.
This is my grandson who stole my heart the second he was born. The instant love is impossible to explain.
This is me and my nieces. The relationship with them is great because it is all about having fun.
