RELATIONSHIPS
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Find Your Community.
I’ve often mentioned that one of the best things about starting a blog is how much I have been able to connect with other people who are going through (or have gone through) similar things. Sometimes I have previously been aware of their struggles and sometimes I haven’t. Either way, each story that is shared with me inspires me in a new and different way. A few weeks ago, someone I have known for literally almost all of my life reached out to me after I shared a post to my Instagram story about being a childless woman. She shared the struggles that she and her husband had with trying…
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Go to Napa.
One of my best girlfriends has been trying to plan a girl’s trip to Napa for years. She finally booked it for last August and then Covid happened, which caused her to cancel. She has always invited me to join, but each year she was planning it, there was something going on in my life which forced me to say no. Two years ago I was getting married…last year we were in the midst of trying to get pregnant and about to start IVF….and then this year she asked again and my answer felt different. After my last failed IVF cycle in February, I decided that I was going to change…
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5 Pieces of Marriage Advice We Still Use
Rob and I have been married for almost 2 years. I’m not lying or even exaggerating a little when I say that being married to Rob is the best gift I’ve ever been given. I’m not trying to make people nauseous with a bunch of lovey dovey crap…I’m just speaking my truth. I can also say in the same breath, while my marriage to my best friend is amazing, it’s also been very difficult at times. What they say is true- marriage takes work. I do believe if you pick the right person and put work into it, your marriage should be 1,000 times more amazing than difficult though. I don’t know…
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Get Out on the Dance Floor.
I’ve been reflecting a lot about dating and the beginning of relationships lately. I’m not exactly sure why, but I think it’s because it was in April (2017) that I finally was ready to begin dating again. Thankfully for the last time in my life. Since I bare my soul to you about everything else, I might as well mention that I was in a very long-term relationship before I met my husband. We were never married. It was off and on for many years. Finally, four years ago around this time, we ended our “relationship” for good. I wasn’t 100% ready to start dating again, but I felt like I…
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If He’s Not Your Best Friend, Don’t Marry Him.
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Learn How to Love Your Spouse.
I have made Rob take every personality test you can imagine since we started dating. Lucky him, huh? I naturally have a curiosity to learn what makes a person tick, and of course I have an even deeper interest in understanding the man I am married to. My husband (I’m sure like many other men) has never spent much time “finding himself”/reflecting/learning who he is and how he feels inside, etc. That is until he met me…. (Hehe) My husband hates to admit it, but he’s harmonious…he likes to keep other people happy and not worry about his needs as much. (…I love you babe…) Naturally it was hard to learn…
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If He’s Not Your Best Friend, Don’t Marry Him.
I love my husband deeply. He is hands down the best friend I have ever had. But if you would’ve told me 5 years ago that my best friend would end up being an Army vet who lives in small-town Iowa, listens to Slipknot and has tattoos….I would’ve laughed in your face because I would’ve thought I didn’t have anything in common with that person. The irony of this…because it’s my life, so there’s always irony….is that after our 1st date, I told my family, “I don’t know…I feel like he’s more of a best friend candidate.” (Girl…sometimes I wish you just wouldn’t talk…) So as with most things in…
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Get Out on the Dance Floor.
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The Power of Female Encouragement
I’m just going to go ahead and get this out here: I am not a “writer”. I maybe maybe took one writing class in high school, which obviously wasn’t impactful because I can’t remember it. Writing is my therapy. And while I am not a trained writer (or maybe even a talented writer), I write from the heart and I am willing to be vulnerable. I’ve thought about starting a blog about 123,854 times. I thought about starting a blog when my dad died. I thought about starting a blog when I was going through really hard times with my Grave’s Disease. I feel like there was always a voice…
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Go to Napa.
