Wife and mother

I currently do not have a brain disorder, but have struggled in the past with depression.  My husband and daughter, both have brain disorders.  It is not who they are, and they strive to make it not define them.  My daughter still struggles with overcoming the obstacles her disease throws at her.  With the help of medication and regular doctor visits, she has gone from C/D student, to straight A’s.  Now as she prepared for her next step, college, she is forced to be more mature than her peers.  She not only looks at academics, but what additional supports are there to help me succeed.  I am proud beyond words of how far her journey has taken her already.  Do we struggle with bitterness?  To be honest, occasionally yes.  She has not been allowed a “normal” adolescence, but at the same time, she is much more prepared for the real world than many of her peers.  This past school year, has she not only made honor roll, but she held a job and participated in a varsity sport.  I am a proud mother, we are not allowing a name define her or limit her future.