Life in a nutshell!

Busy, busy, busy!
I seriously thought that when I moved in with @bradleyarrow that I was going to not be as busy as I am!
Well now, that is far from the truth! I work, work, work and on the weekends we go to our trailer! We have 3 cats and a hyper puppy! I just love it 😀
I must say, my life as completely turned around (in a good way)!
Before I met @bradleyarrow I was signal, raising my 2 Grandsons, working, living a full but lonely life!
I want to to a brief blog about what happened.
I lived a cozy life on Sandy Lake, 728 square footage of water frontage, where I fished, swam and used my canoe, right from my front yard!
My home was a log home, with a covered deck facing west, I got to watch all the beautiful sunsets. I had a fire in the firepit 🔥 often, lots of wildlife in my yard.
It was a nice quiet way to live. I loved it.
I also thought I was living with the love of my life, boy was I wrong!
Fast forward 7 years;
My son worked hard for his family, but it was never enough money for his ex. She was big on herself, her looks, clothes and her addiction, my son thought she was sober.
I found out she was not sober, on cocain, I told my son but she gave him a sob story and of course he fell for it.
There is 15 years of bullshit to blog about but I will keep it as short as I can.
We took my Grandsons on a Thursday for the weekend. This was February 8th,2022. I knew things were spinning out of control because on December 16/2021, I had to cut them off, from me sending them money, my bank account was decreasing in a hurry.
On February 11th/2022, I got a call from a social worker, saying the boys are to remain with me until further notice.
That was fine, they went to school on a school bus, life was okay, they were safe and happy.
Their parents came up to visit, but the boys were content with us. It came to a point that their mom and I didn't see eye to eye on things. She would just on her phone instead of interacting with the boys.
Ryan's life went to shifts.
On May 3rd, the social worker called me and said that the boys are to remain with us, maybe for good. I was expecting it.
But I wasn't expecting what came next.
When the boys went to bed, my common law husband sits me down and tells me that he doesn't want to raise anyone else's kids. I was floored. I was having a day as it was, my precious boys were hurting.
I felt like he kicked me in the guts and took the wind right out of my lungs. I couldn't breathe, I had a panic attack, my anxiety went through the roof.
So we talked, I had a choice to stay with him,the boys would have went to 2 different foster care homes or move out!
That was an easy choice, I started looking for somewhere for me and the boys to live. I was devastated 💔 My doctor took me off work, I was not in a good place mentally.
My son started doing cocain and crack cocain with his wife.
He had nothing to lose he said, no kids was hard on him.
But he lost his boys,job,truck, house and me.
I couldn't take no more so to show him some hard love, I had to disown him. That was the hardest thing I ever did in my life!
Anyway I had my boys to worry about. I got a 3 bedroom house, through Nl. Housing, we moved.
I eventually went back to work.
I tried to keep the boys from hearing about their parents. They were homeless, couch surfing. Living the good life, high as kites all of the time.
They got caught selling drugs, my son got arrested 3 times,she once.
Ryan and her broke up, Ryan met another addict and they got arrested.
Ryan got out on conditions. Which he broke 3 days later.
He had an 8 hour standoff with the RCMP, it was a nightmare, I watched it all, so after he surrendered, off to jail he went.
He called me and told me off, I got the blame for everything! I made it clear to him, to never call me again.
To go back a bit, I went to every court date he had, he wasn't pleased. One day I didn't go, I had to work, my Aunt went, he turned around and asked her where I was! So he must of cared a bit!
3 weeks later he called again! I asked him to make it quick, I had no time to talk to him.
By the time we hung up, he apologized and admitted he was an addict.
He decided to stay in jail and not ask for bail, he knew he had to get sober, for himself and his boys!
I started to go visit him in jail, put money in his canteen account and bring pictures of the boys. He missed a year and a half of their life!
After 8 months, he decided it was time to get out of jail and focus on staying sober and reconnecting with his boys.
It took a little over 3 weeks for him to be allowed to visit his boys. He has a stepson, that lives with his Grandparents, let me tell you it was a joyous, tearfull reunion!
It was a hard road, his girlfriend served her jail time in another province, they weren't allowed and contact with each other.
To sum this up, Ryan, Miranda, his 2 boys and her daughter are living in the house I had, they took over my lease. Ryan is a carpenter, he has his own company/business now, Miranda recently got a job!
He will be sober 3 years this March, the 27th!
I am very proud of him and his accomplished life.
I met Bradley, and the rest is history. This is the happiest I have ever been in my life!
There are alot of things I left out, I would be hear for a month writing. Lol
Life is good!
Don't ever give up when you truly believe in someone, I didn't, I took a break from my son but I always knew there was good in him. The picture is Ryan and his boys reuniting!
Thanks for reading!
Love you all!