Sunshine Journal

If you were to ask me how things are going, I would say it depends on the hour. Overall I do feel I'm going in the right direction. But if you catch me at a different hour I might feel like the misery will never end. If I also insert a lame joke with my sentiments you'll know that everything will be okay. As many of you know, my husband is awesome. I'm reminded of this daily with even just the simplest of gestures. I probably don't tell him enough how much they mean to me and that they don't go unnoticed. He has a way of making me laugh no matter how down I am. He also has a way of snapping me out of whatever planet I'm lost on and brings me to the present. I realize we've been together for a very long time so it makes sense he knows me so well. But sometimes I feel so incredibly complicated that I'm not sure a manual could even be written if I tried. Yet somehow, he can read me and finish my sentences. This was all on my mind because just this morning I...

Before we begin… disclaimer: I’m not a health professional. This is just me sharing my journey and what I’ve learned along the way. Please always consult your own doctor. Everyone’s journey is their own. I’m always happy to share resources with people and be someone to journey together with! —————— So I've used the roller coaster analogy multiple times, because it's incredibly applicable. Get a little better, get worse, get a little better, go down a little bit, take a weird turn, go back up and feel some changes, and so on. But what's even more relevant is when you go down on the roller coaster and you get that 'Oh Shit!' look on your face. Now that. Is. Real. The highs and lows of the Ashlee Suker life --> Probably should be my bio title. I think I basically already summarized the last eight months of my life in roller coaster analogy. I was doing reasonably well for a bit there this spring, in Ashlee terms at least. This basically means that most days I experi...