As It Should Be

CHAPTER 1

It had been a rough number of years after being diagnosed with Lupus and Rheumatoid arthritis. With a lot of praying and an excellent team of doctors my health has gotten better, way better. I no longer suffer with severe body aches and pains that I could feel even in my scalp or when I blinked.
After a buttload of physical and occupational therapy, I completely stopped using my wheelchair and got ninety percent of my health back.

My circle of friends got really small because sickness has a way of showing who your friends really are. Katia Rotchy has been a friend that has stuck with me since junior year in high school.
As a "renewal of life" present to me, Katia and I found ourselves in Dubai. Even though the heat was torture, we decided to stay two extra weeks trying out adventures I've seen in vlogs on YouTube.
We drove ATVs in the desert on dunes, hot air balloon rides in the early morning; the height almost made me piss myself, as did looking out from the tallest building but still very enjoyable. The amusement parks were a welcomed treat, saying we had fun was an understatement.

On our last day, we visited this ginormous mall with an aquarium and indoor skiing....INDOOR SKIING YA'LL!!! Imagine my first time skiing was in Dubai meanwhile I live where there's snow every year. Next there was shopping; Katia's idea. Shopping definitely is not what I'd do for recreation, I'd sooner binge watch a tv show.
Back at the hotel while Katia rummaged through newly bought things for her husband and kids and yapped nonstop about the deals she found, I checked in on mom and dad who are now living in Jamaica together. 

They bought a lot next door the house I grew up in and built another house but connected the two.  So Mom has a space to call her own and dad gets to keep things the way he's had it for years while mom was living in the states.
The distance does well for our relationship, I love when dad's around but mom's the kind of person you love from afar...very afar. She's now at an age where living in a warm climate works better for her. It was either Jamaica or Florida and the most immediate sensible choice was Jamaica. They're currently thinking; well mom is currently thinking about buying a house in Florida soon.

We chatted for awhile and got her caught up with the life happenings of my daughter Jayla, who would soon be starting high school and my sister Jessica who just got into graduate school. Being the older I was sort of the glue that kept everything together in terms of family information.

Jess had won a scratch off for five thousand dollars a week for life. Her dreams for finishing school without debt and having a big wedding were finally going to come true. Jayla was growing up so fast even though she's fourteen I felt like I just brought her home from the hospital yesterday.
Life was moving fast and with things taking a turn for the best I'm left wondering what my next step will be... finding my Mr Man? or since I'm now financially stable, maybe adopting? Life had taken two pregnancies from me and I WANT my babies back. What will life have in store for Hanna Rose?