Paradox of Hope
1.14.24 Hello Fam <3 It's been a minute since our last update. To be quite honest, the holidays took a major toll on all of us. The special days: Thanksgiving, Christmas, all of our birthdays, sent us into a downward spiral of emotions. The special days that used to bring us so much joy, brought about fear and anxiety... fear that this would be our very last... the need to make the most out of these special days, but not having the bandwidth to do so. On top of everything, recovering from illnesses and entertaining family pushed us over the edge and we need a little breather. But as the New Year approached, I found myself reflecting on what kind of year we had in 2023. Boy oh boy was it a doozy. We had really high highs and extremely low lows... We had our precious Ollie, started at CCPC, moved homes, received Seung's diagnosis, Cal started at public school, pulled Cal out of public school and Seung received 13 rounds of chemo. Initially, when I started the re...