To say that this year has come with many challenges would be an understatement. However, with many challenges comes many blessings and I cannot keep up with all the blessings I’ve had this year. For those of you who know me, hello! For those of you who are coming to my website for the first time and meeting me, welcome!
I have always been the “get to the point” kind of gal and definitely won’t be changing in my 34th year of life. To begin this year, we welcomed our handsome baby boy, Halden Johannes. I could not have dreamed for a more loving boy who absolutely cherishes his time with me. Our daughter, Inaara survived meningitis. We were welcomed by a whole community of deaf people that are hearing and learning with cochlear implants. My husband finished his 5 year anesthesia/critical care residency from Loma Linda University. We spent the summer with our family in Canada. We moved to the Pacific Northwest and were welcomed by the wonderful community of Spokane, WA. To top all of this off, I put an offer to purchase my first dental practice. Blessings on blessings on blessings.
The challenges never stop especially in motherhood. Introducing a newborn to our family with a toddler was an extreme challenge. You know those who say adding one is harder than two? I don’t know who those people are, but having two was definitely just as challenging as having one. Inaara being sick and admitted to the ICU was one of the scariest times in my life. Finding out that she was completely deaf and being unsure if we were able to give her the life we always dreamed was not for the faint of heart. Bronson going through 5 years of residency with little to no sleep, spending very limited time with our family, rarely having weekends off and not to mention making less than the income of an average household – again, was not easy.
But in all of this, we have two beautiful healthy children. We spent the summer in Canada, arguably one of the most beautiful countries, with our two children dog and family. Because of my husbands completely brutal residency years, he saved our daughter from deaths door because he wasn’t afraid to call a code. Moving away from California to Spokane has allowed us the opportunity to purchase our own dental practice. We can always look at the cup as half empty, which most of the time I must admit I dwell there; but if we take the time to step back and count our blessings our life can be really beautiful.
34. I have lived 34 wonderful years, and I am most excited for this year with my two children, husband, doggo and the new challenges I will face with my dental practice.
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