Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom...

The other day I went over to Rusty and Megan's house to move their washer and dryer from the garage into the laundry room (Megan and Jen had just painted it)

When I arrived, I rang the doorbell...Rusty answered and I said, "You've got frogs".

(On two sides of their house they have wetlands...on the East side of their house they have a little lake). He agreed and acknowledged the pond. Pointing at the door, I said, "No, look at the door, you have frogs." There were four frogs climbing up the door and three more on the ground in front of the door. We plucked them off and threw them in the grass.

Then we went into the garage...I looked down on the floor and there was a small salamander crawling across the garage floor. There had been a box on the front porch for a couple days and we moved it to the garage. I think the salamander hitched a ride in the box.

* The largest frog was about 2 inches long and the salamander was 3-4 inches long

Life IS good!

First of all the picture is hung straight...the picture was taken crooked...
Jen's depression has taken a monster turn for the better.
The past few months have been a roller coaster ride with a lot more downs than ups
Two weeks ago, we hit rock bottom...Jen with her worst days ever and me not knowing what to do. Jen picked me up from work and I asked how her day had been...she had just come from her therapist...The conversation could be summed up into one word Despair...very few words, a lot of concern and very few answers. When it came down to what we could do, what our options were, what other things we could try - we were already scaping the bucket...we had tried multiple combinations of various medications. We were in the middle of another change.
The next day I asked Rusty to come over and help give Jen a blessing (his first - which was special all by itself)...
The next day...Jen picked me up from work and the familiar conversation started again..."How was your day?". Her response was, "Today was a good day." "...best day for a long, long, time." I asked how long it had been since she had felt this good --before Thanksgiving.
Every day since has been the difference of night and day...Jen has been goofy and happy and energenic, bouncy, bubbly...I think you get the picture.
The picture went up at the end of the first week of happiness...ironic huh?
It's good to have Jennifer back...no, it's GREAT to have Jennifer back