A sad and happy note

With a broken heart I have to report that my Husband's Grandmother has Passed yesterday during my bout with insomnia. She lives across the country in Ohio. Out of all the people who are family out here in California, my mother in-law took it the worst. We all knew she would have the hardest time with it. She really doesn't like that she lives so far away from her family, but in the same turn she knows she built a life out here so this is how things have to be right now. 


It breaks my heart having to watch her go through the pain, and know exactly how she feels. The feelings of loosing my Dad only a year ago, and my Grandma only 7 months ago is all so fresh in my mind and heart. Sometimes I still feel it like yesterday. It also makes me sad because I only got to meet her two times. I've known my husband for 5 years (we've only been married 2 years), and I met her once when we all flew out to Ohio for a 50th Anniversary (other set of grandparents). We went back and forth to both Grandparents and I was able to meet Aunts and Uncles for the first time. It was a beautiful happy trip. I was so pleased to meet them, and get to know them. It gave me a great deal of insight as to where Tyson(my husband) came from. 


So we will be flying out of California and to Ohio in the next few days and staying there for a week. I hope to have access to the Blog while I am there. Oh, and the weather over there is going to be interesting. It's awful snow storms... and cold as cold can be. And last night I happened to catch a cold of some kind. I haven't been sick in like 2 years so it's about time. So the sad note today is we've lost a person who we love very very much.


The happy note is that I have my first "Follower" for the Blog, and my first "Comment". I am so pleased that people are enjoying my writing and my thoughts. Good and bad thoughts, I am pleased that they are receiving them in a way that makes them want to read more. From the little bit of feed back I've already gotten, it seems that I am accomplishing my goal in trying to help people understand what people with Mental Health symptoms go through, good and bad. So this only increases my desire to write even more. I feel good about it. Even though it's sometimes very hard to share what my thoughts are, I feel like it's serving a purpose. A positive purpose hopefully.


Thank you very much for reading. It means so much for me to know that there are people listening and walking this journey with me. It tells me people want to learn about these type of illnesses.


PS. There is a poll to the right, which I can not seem to figure out how to darken the font. Please take a moment to squint and try and read it. I'm sorry for that. I tried to work on it and figure out how to change the color, but couldn't, and now I don't have a lot of time to fiddle around looking for the location to change it.


the poll is:

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