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 I am going to try this blog thing. I need to start my copywriting business off somewhere. I have friends that have blogs about their children, and about the different recipes they make. Why can't I have one?

My life is messy. My family is even messier. But they are my family. I may not say it enough, but I am thankful for them. My husband, who has been in my life for 12 years now, married for 10 1/2 years, has been there for me. He may drive me nuts at times, yet I know whatever I do he will be there for me. 

See, my husband has schizoaffective disorder. This means he has schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and it can be trouble if he isn't on his medication. The entire time I have known him; he has been on his medication. The issue for years though was he would overtake his medications. He would also use marijuana a lot. In Michigan, where we lived in the beginning of our marriage, it was medically legal. Jake used that and overused that fact. 

My oldest daughter was only 5 years old when Jake came into our lives. She is from a previous marriage that I might discuss later, but Anna has been my rock. She has been through a lot for her age and seen things she shouldn't have seen. She would see her stepdad be so high that he would pass out on the couch. 

A year into our marriage, we had our daughter, Caroline. She has been one half me and one half her dad. She feels everything yet can't sit still. Caroline enjoys sports, being outside, and video games. 

After two years into our marriage, we decided it was time for a change. We moved to North Carolina and moved in with my sister. Those five years we lived with my sister, her husband, and niece, were rough, but it made Jake and I better. Now he is back in his dream career, we have our own apartment, and the girls are thriving.