Positive events that have taken place in my life in the last year

I really liked today’s writing prompt. It is so easy when your life is full of stress and trauma to remember the good things and I have not sat down to do that in a long while.

This year my partner and I have been able to eke out a few moments to ourselves to remember where we have come from. We visited the place we had our wedding and we have not been there in years.

My partner has been able to reconnect with his extended family the last two years. They are all lovely people that I only just met. I really enjoyed spending time with them and getting to know them. It was nice to see a more functional family at work.

I also pushed my partner to get back into photography. It is something he used to really enjoy and he just stopped after the girls came into our lives. We upgraded his equipment which was 15 years old and he has been teaching our daughter how to use his old equipment.

I started writing and it has really been good for all the intrusive thoughts in my head. I only started about six weeks ago and I have written well over 150,000 words. That just tells you how much of my time is filled with intrusive thoughts. It is also helping me with my chronic pain conditions. For large chunks of the day, I no longer feel pain. It’s the first time that has happened in thirteen years.

We had a functional vegetable garden this year. We also did a lot of work on our yard and gardens trying to start putting them back to the way they were before the girls moved in. I have been researching all the maximum amounts of trimming and cutting back we can do without killing our poor neglected trees, bushes and plants. Some of them now have a three year plan to become healthy again. It is going to be a process, but it is already started and it is change you can see.

Life finds a way. Even through all the turmoil and sleepless nights. There are still a lot of good things happening around me. I need to take the time and appreciate that more.