Koopman Kraziness

*DISCLAIMER: This will not be a happy read.  This will be another of those blunt, raw blog posts that I just let my fingers do the walking on.  I'm not even entirely sure what the full post will contain nor how long it will be.  PLEASE, if you can't handle raw emotion, close out of this post.  There will be no sparkly unicorns farting rainbows, burping sunshine or sneezing glitter here today.* Okay, take a good long look at the above picture.  That thin strand in the middle?  That's where I feel like I've been teetering for about 2 months now.  I have it in perfect balance right now but the slightest movement forward or backward and it will snap and to the left or the right, I'll crash to the ground.  It's been just shy of six months since my diagnosis of PTSD, and I've learned a lot of things in that time that you don't normally get told when you are in the office.   For example...for about 6 weeks, every night from 9:30 to 10:45 I would ...

Jeff is taking General Psychology as one of his classes this semester and his professor is also a licensed psychologist.  He's talked some with her about the loss of our precious babe, and she told him last night that given all we've gone through in the last 6 months to a year, we are a rarity as far as still being together.  I hadn't thought about it like that, but looking back on the last few years after he told me about that conversation made me realize that really we are a "rare case".  It made me want to share an article that I found this morning on helping your marriage survive after the loss of a child.  I hope it helps someone out there. Marriage Survival After Losing a Baby By Carol Ruth Blackman Losing a child affects parents in many ways. Survival skills are needed to keep your marriage strong after losing your baby. We'll look first at the differences between husbands and wives, then discuss some of the dangers to be aware of and include ...