Hello and welcome to Hope Above All! My name is Vicky, and I’m so glad you took the time to check out my family lifestyle blog! I am a wife and the mother of two incredible teenagers. This blog will take you along as we navigate this crazy life and its many ups and downs. Even though there is much to be thankful for, we deal with complex issues like teenage and adult depression. Here’s the breakdown……I am an introvert; my daughter and husband struggle with depression, and my extroverted son is off conquering the world. As you can imagine, on any given day, life may throw a mixed bag of reality our way, and it’s up to us to deal with it. We try! In the end, that is all we can do. Being a wife and a mother has its perks because there are lessons to be learned every day, good and bad. I’d love to share my journey with you because I’ve learned a lot after being married for 19 years and being a mom for 18 of those years! After getting married, I left my parents, siblings, and career as a medical doctor behind in my country of birth, Trinidad and Tobago, and moved to the United States to make a life with my husband, who was born and raised here. Whoever said that life isn’t easy wasn’t joking! My life has been filled with triumphs, but it has equally been filled with disappointments and heartache. My strength, courage, and faith have all been tested, but I’ve weathered the storms to be where I am today. I hope to motivate and inspire you, my readers, through my experiences, to live your best life. Life will always have challenges that we encounter, but it is how we approach them that counts.

“The purpose of our lives is to be happy”

Dalai Lama