I will have to say that I thought my life was about perfect. I was married to the most wonderful man in the world and we had the two greatest kids. We lived in a big, beautiful house, had the perfect jobs. We were certainly doing as well, if not better than most people we knew. Then it all fell apart.

It was in the fall and I had not been feeling good for quite awhile. I had been getting constant headaches that would just not go away. After several tests, the doctors discovered that I had a brain tumor. We decided to go ahead with treatment, which was very expensive.

We ended up having to sell our house and put all of our things in self service storage, just so we could try to keep up with the medical bills. It was hard on the whole family. The kids started having behavior problems and my husband became distant. We were falling apart and I knew something would have to be done.

When I was given permission to go back to work, I worked long and hard hours, but in the end it paid off. For Christmas, I gave my family all some moving supplies. When they questioned it, I told them that I had managed to buy our house back. We were going to go home and be a family again.

It is not always easy, but we are slowly picking up the pieces and I know that we are exactly where we belong.

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