Our First Home
So we bought a house… and then we sold a house. This would only be a typical big deal in most circumstances, but somehow, our circumstances don’t seem typical. In November of 2019 I was hit hard with depression. I lost track of myself and nothing felt okay. This was not a run of the mill “feeling down.” I hadn’t felt this way since postpartum depression descended upon me in 2005. At least then I had a beautiful baby girl to smile at me and pull me through my days. Sure, my family was with me in 2019, but it wasn’t the same. There was no joy, and it lasted…. Month after month of sorrow and despondence. I worked so hard to put on a good face and trudge forward, but I could not move past the stranglehold this depression had on me. My family did everything they could to help and I saw how much this was hurting them. Still, I was stuck. Then Covid hit a...
