I was a mother of two under two feeling I had completely lost my mind and the world was against me.  I was lost, stuck, anxious, and helplessly depressed.  I was numbing.  I was giving up.  It wasn’t until I was told I was depressed that I actually recognized I was living in my own darkness. My journey to freedom, love, and light began when I realized I wasn’t just numbing the bad but also the good in my life.  I was numbing the joys of parenthood, the joys of loving my husband, the joys of breathing. I began a list of ways to help myself and I started to go down the list.  I joined a yoga studio, I stopped numbing, I went to a counselor, I spent more time outside, and I made more time to love myself.  Through the struggles of parenthood and depression I find myself creeping back into the dark now and again.  But now I know I am strong, I am not alone, I am love, and I climb out into the light much easier, and I breathe.