Mrs.Mcguin
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Just a little heads up..this is long and may be a bit emotional at times to some so I understand if you don't want to read 
I'm typically a very positive person and love to help people, I'm very content, small things make me happy, and just live a very relaxed, "the glass is half full" life. I of course didn't always have this view but the past few years, this new attitude has brought a lot of greatness my way.
However, mother nature has a sense of humor so of course life always has ways of throwing curve balls your way no matter how happy and nice you are...that is just how life goes. To begin with, our family has been going through some stressful times the past short while beginning this past December when my OHs family dog died. She was an old dog. She had a tumor and tho she was scheduled for surgery a couple days later..her body had other plans. This was hard on my OH. then only a few days later, my two year old dog died suddenly. One day we saw he was moving kind of slow, I thought he just had the flu. The next day, I went to work and found out when I was done that my OH had to rush my dog to the hospital. We tried everything we could to save him...even gave him two blood transfusions but 3 days later, he past away in my arms. the vet said he died from something called Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA). Trying to save him ate up all of my savings..it's very costly to try to save a life but I would have done it a million times over if I could.
Two weeks later, we found out we were expecting...so December was a very bitter sweet month.
I wont get into what else our family has had to go through but since our truck was stolen along with my OHs Wallet and daughters toys etc, I have been feeling overwhelmed, having a harder time keeping it together, being short tempered and started having spurts where I start balling. I worry that now our rental will get stolen before we buy our new car or worry that our house will get broken into next.
Granted...life could be worse as always (god only knows that I'm well aware of this all too well) so when times are hard, I try to concentrate on how much worse it could be. I'm very thankful that I have my family and we are all safe. This thought alone makes me feel that I could get through anything as long as I have them.
But of course we all have that breaking point where we need time to grieve and gather ourselves.
I broke down again last night and my OH does an amazing job comforting me. I am so lucky to have him! I told him its probably not helping that i have the extra pregnancy hormones that make me more emotional lol. i said to him that I just need a vacation with just the two of us. Sometimes we take mini "vacations" just the two of us...typically only being one night away out of town where we rent a hotel and soak in the moment. Just that alone helps to refresh us from the stressors of every day life.
Well Today, my OH gets a hold of me from work and says he has good news. He says, you wanted a vacation and now you got one! The CEO to his company just called him to say he is going to send us on a vacation in July! It's his gift to us. Can you believe that?! It's so great to have something great to look forward to! It's no where too crazy or extravagant but it's a few hours to where we live and it will be a 2 night and 3 day stay...it will be our little "babymoon" before our little girl gets here!
There is even more good news...my OHs family is going to be helping with replacing all my daughters toys that were taken from her as well. My daughter losing all her stuff has broken my heart for her so much and now we are having help. I am so happy and thankful! And with his family throwing us a baby shower as well...I feel so lucky!
It's overwhelming In a good way sometimes to have the people in my life that I have now because i once lived a very hard and trying life before i met my OH. But now..I finally don't have to struggle and be completely independent. I'm able to break down that odd time and know I have someone that will be there and tell me everything is going to be ok...and it feels so good to know that I have a great family now that will be there for support when times like this are not the easiest
I'm typically a very positive person and love to help people, I'm very content, small things make me happy, and just live a very relaxed, "the glass is half full" life. I of course didn't always have this view but the past few years, this new attitude has brought a lot of greatness my way.
However, mother nature has a sense of humor so of course life always has ways of throwing curve balls your way no matter how happy and nice you are...that is just how life goes. To begin with, our family has been going through some stressful times the past short while beginning this past December when my OHs family dog died. She was an old dog. She had a tumor and tho she was scheduled for surgery a couple days later..her body had other plans. This was hard on my OH. then only a few days later, my two year old dog died suddenly. One day we saw he was moving kind of slow, I thought he just had the flu. The next day, I went to work and found out when I was done that my OH had to rush my dog to the hospital. We tried everything we could to save him...even gave him two blood transfusions but 3 days later, he past away in my arms. the vet said he died from something called Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA). Trying to save him ate up all of my savings..it's very costly to try to save a life but I would have done it a million times over if I could.
Two weeks later, we found out we were expecting...so December was a very bitter sweet month.
I wont get into what else our family has had to go through but since our truck was stolen along with my OHs Wallet and daughters toys etc, I have been feeling overwhelmed, having a harder time keeping it together, being short tempered and started having spurts where I start balling. I worry that now our rental will get stolen before we buy our new car or worry that our house will get broken into next.
Granted...life could be worse as always (god only knows that I'm well aware of this all too well) so when times are hard, I try to concentrate on how much worse it could be. I'm very thankful that I have my family and we are all safe. This thought alone makes me feel that I could get through anything as long as I have them.
But of course we all have that breaking point where we need time to grieve and gather ourselves.
I broke down again last night and my OH does an amazing job comforting me. I am so lucky to have him! I told him its probably not helping that i have the extra pregnancy hormones that make me more emotional lol. i said to him that I just need a vacation with just the two of us. Sometimes we take mini "vacations" just the two of us...typically only being one night away out of town where we rent a hotel and soak in the moment. Just that alone helps to refresh us from the stressors of every day life.
Well Today, my OH gets a hold of me from work and says he has good news. He says, you wanted a vacation and now you got one! The CEO to his company just called him to say he is going to send us on a vacation in July! It's his gift to us. Can you believe that?! It's so great to have something great to look forward to! It's no where too crazy or extravagant but it's a few hours to where we live and it will be a 2 night and 3 day stay...it will be our little "babymoon" before our little girl gets here!
There is even more good news...my OHs family is going to be helping with replacing all my daughters toys that were taken from her as well. My daughter losing all her stuff has broken my heart for her so much and now we are having help. I am so happy and thankful! And with his family throwing us a baby shower as well...I feel so lucky!
It's overwhelming In a good way sometimes to have the people in my life that I have now because i once lived a very hard and trying life before i met my OH. But now..I finally don't have to struggle and be completely independent. I'm able to break down that odd time and know I have someone that will be there and tell me everything is going to be ok...and it feels so good to know that I have a great family now that will be there for support when times like this are not the easiest
