The purpose of this blog was for me to have a place to process about my mothers diagnosis with Dementia with Lewy Bodies. She passed in April 2012. And a snapshot of life since then has looked like this...
In November 2012, I ran a full marathon in San Antonio....and it was miserable! I think I will stick to half marathons and lesser distances for now...
In May 2013, my boyfriend asked me to be his wife and I said yes!
In July 2013, my sister informed me that she was making me an aunt and that her baby was due in February 2014.
On September 21, 2013, I married my best friend, Billy.
In January 2014, we went on our first cruise with some great friends.
On March 4, 2014, my sister had a baby girl, named Lyric Annaleigh.
In April 2014, my doctor confirmed that I was pregnant and due in December 2014.
On December 15, 2014 at 3:29pm, I gave birth to a beautiful, healthy little girl, Austyn Grace Hiser.
Life has gone on. After years of feeling like life was being taken away, life has now returned to our family. My sister and I have started families of our own.
Our mom is missed very much. There is so much I feel like she has missed out on...yet I sense her presence like no other. I would love very much for her to be here and be able to hold her little granddaughters, give me advice, and "mother" me in adulthood. Thankfully, there have been people to step in and help with that...respectfully...not replacing her...but by being able to speak into me...which has been helpful.
When I started this blog, the whole purpose was for me to dig in with what I was thinking/feeling/dealing with in this awful disease. Now as I hopefully return to continue on that journey, the purpose will more be for me to reflect on how life is now and life on the other side...what life looks like now...and maybe even how I can sense what Lewy Body Dementia tried to take away from me.
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