The Realization, Denial and Acceptance (via Facebook)

So with MSAD coming up in January, I decided to go back and look at my old status updates on Facebook. I started with the day that Nutt was born. It was bizarre to say the least. If you follow them, you can see the different emotions that I went through from the initial shock of Nutt's facial paralysis to holding out hope that it would go away to finally accepting that he was going to have to live with this permanently. That's when the resolve (and obsession) with educating myself and everyone around me came in. Even though they drive me to drink sometimes (okay, a lot of times), my kids are my life and I will do everything in my power to give them the best possible life that I can. So here's a testament to that. My life since Nutt was born, via Facebook: