IT'S BEEN A YEAR - ALREADY

As I type this post I can hardly believe it's been a year already....a year since the most unbelievable thing you could ever imagine played out right in our drive way.

I won't lie it's been a very hard year for Dominic and I. It's affected me in ways that I never thought were possible. I have suffered, and I am still suffering, major depression from it.  But on the other hand it has made me a stronger person. It has made me realize that life can be gone in a blink of an eye. It has made me realize that depression is serious business and needs to be treated and dealt with.

We have now learned that Bobby suffered from depression and when he drank he became even more depressed and often talked about killing himself, but his family and his girlfriend (who was one of my very best friends) just thought it was talk and no one ever put to much into it.  Well, if there is one thing that I learned from this tragic incident is that if someone is talking about killing them selves you need to pay attention...you need to get them help.

Looking back now, It's hard to believe that it's been a year already and it's hard to believe that we came out stronger because of it. It took me many months, a lot of crying and a ton of baby steps to be able to say this but I can honestly tell you that I am ok and the scenes from that night, no matter how horrible they were, don't play out in my head anymore and the nightmares are finally gone.

So tonight, Dominic and I are going to sit outside and have a drink and make a toast to Bobby and for a year that is now over and a New Year that is right around the corner.