ryantribe

The most important aspects of my life are: my faith, my daughter, and my husband. I hold a Master of Science in Biology and near-Ph. D. (all but dissertation). I have a chocolate labrador retriever and two cats. These define the light in my life. The darkness exists though in the form of severe mental illness--recurrent major depression and OCD. I am in recovery from the most recent episode, as is my beloved husband. We share the same illness. It is what it is, and we learn to manage and cope.