From as far back as I can remember I wanted to be a mother.  Like a lot of little girls I used to pretend to be a mommy all the time.  It was my fondest wish.  My husband and I tried for a very long time (6 years) before we were blessed with the birth of our first son Alexander.  And 4 years later again we were again given the joy of another boy, Nathan.  And finally 5 1/2 years after Nathan was born we were given another beautiful baby boy, Kevin.  All of my children were born before I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis(RA).  About 6 months after Kevin was born I started experiencing symptoms of RA.  It took another 6 months to get a diagnosis. Continue reading Motherhood and Rheumatoid Arthritis