A year ago, we were in the midst of the week from hell.

It was a bad, bad week. It was the week of our life (so far) where we hit rock bottom.  We were working late nights, I was going to be away for the weekend, the kids were . .  well, kids.

I sit here now, remembering back to this incredulous week a year ago, and I feel empowered.  I know how low we were. I know how sad, frustrated, lost and angry. I remember it all very clearly.

And when I look back on it from today, I see that at the bottom of that “rock bottom” bit, there was a bit of hope. We needed to get that low just to see it. We needed to know that everything we were leaving, well, it was nothing really.

It was a bad week, but it  led us somewhere amazing.  I feel honored to be where I am today (not that “this” is anything more than normal” ) and where I am today is simply: not sad.

Not sad. Not scared. Not worried. Not uncomfortable. Not filled with anxiety.

I feel excited to start this week now, remembering the days as they ticked by last year. I am excited that it will almost be a year since we stopped our old life and started building our new. I feel like I am re-living it again, but filled with hope and optimism. I know how the story is going now, and I can look back on myself and the stories I wrote last year, and feel good about the process.

So, if today is a bad day, or this is a rough week, open your mind to the possibility that it can change. Maybe tomorrow is the start of your new story, and maybe next year, this will be you looking back on it.

This year, today. It is a great week.