A peek inside.

Two years ago today, I typed a Facebook status while Mark was wheeled back for an MRI that basically joked about how much this picture of his brain was going to cost us-little did I know that the price would be more than monetary. At that point, 2/6/2015, Mark still hadn't tipped over the edge into the Upside Down. The headaches were still there, ever nagging. We still had plans to list our house for sale in March. He was still going to work every day. We still were living our lives like we always had done not really knowing that every.single.detail of our well thought out plans would change.

Two years ago. Two as in more than one. As in 365 days and then another 52 weeks.

I can't believe we made it this far. I had a close friend tell me in the very beginning, after a challenge threatened her marriage, that two years later, their lives were almost back to "normal". I caught myself almost daily counting down how many days we had left to a year almost thinking that New Years 2016 would bring some sort of magic that would snap us back to our old life.

It's 2017 and the days seem to be brighter. We celebrate Mark's 38th birthday today, my 35th tomorrow and we fly to Phoenix for a much needed weekend together. The last time we went away, last Christmas overnight, Mark was still zombie-fied by his medication and I spent most of the weekend reading a book by the fireplace (not complaining too much). I am so grateful that we made it through. I am so grateful for him. Grateful for the progress we have made as a couple and excited for the new journey life is taking us on.