A Young Wife’s Tale

David made the difficult decision to step down as a deacon at our church. Hopefully this will just be a short leave of absence until his arthritis is in remission.

Our house is off the market! David and I wish it would have sold, but we’re just so thankful not to have to keep the house staged all the times. Our realtor asked if we wanted to keep it on the market for another month since the first time homebuyers’ tax incentive expires in December. We said no. It’s been on the market since March. It’s been a long six months keeping the house super clean all the time.

I feel like I’m cheating on my blog. I haven’t really been writing. I’ve just been making lists.

I hope no one is offended or disappointed. Right now I just have no desire to write about David’s arthritis. It’s so awful. Things are really hard. We were expecting David to feel great this summer. He’s felt better, but definitely not great.

I remember calling David’s parents in the car afterwards while we drove home. They were much more upset than I was. I thought it was no big deal. We had a diagnosis. We had a plan. They were going to make David better. Everything was going to be fine.

David has psoriatic arthritis. He was diagnosed a year ago, at age 23. The rheumatologist thinks he should go into remission. It could be today, it could be next year. There’s no time frame. The arthritis is quite a strain on our marriage…