Humility & Gratitude
This last year of my life has been both the most humbling and and the most gratifying year of my life. I have carried, given birth to and cared for our now one-year-old daughter, Naomi (happy birthday today, Naomi!). In order to do so, I have had so much support from my partner, Walsh; my mother, Becky (Bibi) and Naomi's BFF, Erica. While there are so many others deserving of my appreciation, these 3 deserve major props. Thank you for standing by me, believing in me and helping me when I needed it the most. During pregnancy, I developed an autoimmune disease that nearly crippled me, and now I am on a healing path. For this I am extremely thankful. I have been diagnosed with Dermatomyositis - inflammation of the skin and muscles. It is a muscular dystrophy disease that destroys skin and muscle tissue. While the problems I had with the skin on my hands were challenging (dry, cracking skin causing open cuts that had to be bandaged daily...