A New Year.......

I really can't believe we are well into the first month of 2010!  When I started the process of trying to obtain Social Security Disability Income, this year seemed too far away to even imagine.  Now that we have made it through the long process and I look back and, like much of life, it just flew by.  I was very fortunate that my case moved along - it could have taken much longer but the assist from a wonderful group called Allsup made all the difference.  I would greatly recommend them to anyone going through this and especially to those who have something that may be questioned such as an autoimmune disease.  They plowed through the issues and knew what to do at every turn.

It is funny - you say to yourself again and again - when I get my disability settled, I will do this or that and you dream and wonder what it will be like.  I am so very thankful and I can't even begin to comprehend how I got here but none of those things that I thought I just had to do or have matter any longer.  At the end of the day, you just want a little security and to be able to keep what you have, eat and have some health care and try to help take care of your family - similar to when you were well.  I am forever grateful.  Now, I fill my days with thinking about how, in my humble way, I can make a difference and help others who will follow me and have the same, although different, journey - because we all must handle the walk in our own way and with our own set of circumstances.  But - if I can make it just a wee bit easier for someone else, then I will feel that I have done something worthwhile.