Happy Holiday's & Thank You

As we head into the holidays, we want to thank everyone for the outpour of support since we become public with our story and experiences. It really does mean a lot! 

As you know, or have recently learned as you follow our story, this whole journey to date has been crippling. We do our best when around friends and family to be upbeat, friendly, happy and positive, but truthfully...it's hard and exhausting...this whole thing is. When exhausted, it could very likely appear that we are retracted, removed, disengaged, uninterested, sad, depressed, irritated, and anxious. We are trying! :) 

We are thrilled for those we care about to be able to fulfil their dreams of parenthood, and truthfully we try to live vicariously through you, and dream about both the challenges and joyful moments which you experience everyday. The hard part is, whether we are at work, social gatherings, watching TV...anywhere or anything we do we can’t help but be reminded of the challenges we face. 

This isn't meant to be a 'poor us' post, rather to provide a window into our world on a topic that the majority of people don't understand the implications of. Likely because it is a topic that isn't discussed...or when it is, it is often dismissed, again likely due to a knowledge gap. We also hope this provides some clarity as to why sometimes our behaviours appear uncharacteristic or inconsistent from what you remember from the past. 

But hey, we are grinders, we still wake up and put one foot in front of the other, grasping to the optimism that there is a HERO out there that will soon swoop in and lift us over this.

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