The Beginning

This is me before UC(P90X Baby)

My name is Kyoko and I want to share a story with you. I am 33 and two years ago I thought I was living the American dream. I had a good job, a wonderful family, a nice house and plenty of money in the bank. Then I hit a brick wall. I was diagnosed with something called ulcerative colitis and in the beginning it felt like it wasn't going to change my life. Well......then the stress hit!

Where to begin..Lets see...In 2010 I was laid off from my very first job the day I announced that I passed all four parts of the Certified Public Accountants (CPA) exam. This was suppose to be a day of pure joy. I passed this exam while working full time, taking care of an infant and being a traditional wife. BUT OH NO...someone had to go and ruin that. Oh joy(lots of sarcasm here) they gave me a severance package. I actually found another job within a week but I was already on a downward spiral that I didn't see coming. I was a nervous wreck all the time after being let go from my first job. My stomach was always upset but I always attributed that to nerves. I worked this job for about 6 months and then I was offered a job with what  I believed was my dream CPA firm. Let me tell you for about 2 and half years this place was great for me. I was actually diagnosed with UC a few months after I started working here and everyone seemed to be very understanding.  AND THEN THE INEVITABLE...we got a new partner in the firm and boy did that change the dynamic. The dynamic changed so much that I became more and more stressed everyday and the more stressed I got the sicker I got. I won't give you the gory details of what was going on with my body but those of you who may be reading this that have UC let me just say I had the worse of the worse (you know what I mean).

Eventually everything came to a head and I was let go. The truth of the matter is I don't really understand why I was let go but hey perception is reality.

But this is where my world started to crumble.  I come from a background where people didn't go to college and we have kids having kids. I worked my butt off to not be like that and to be a good role model to the 30+ grandchildren that are younger than me. I lost my job and I was too sick to really land another. Now don't get me wrong I tried at first and was actually offered a job or two but I realized that God was trying to tell me something and it was time to start listening. So for the last 7 months I have been doing some serious soul searching. I have done life coaching, I have been working on dealing with the depression that this disease brings, I have been working on gaining back the 40 pounds I have lost (so far this one is the biggest downer), and I have been working on Getting Back To Happy. Let me tell this journey has been the hardest thing I have ever been through but let me tell you my faith in God and myself has truly grown.


So this is the cliff notes version of me obviously there is alot untold but hopefully as this blog goes on we will get to know each other a whole lot better.

And this is me now :(