I am not one to be emotional. Let me rephrase that. I am actually incredibly emotional, however I do not usually show my extreme emotions. I rarely cry, and if I do, I do it in private. I feel a range of emotions constantly, usually to extremes, but I feel that I do a good [...]
We have been through a good amount of trials in our 9 years of marriage, but the last 2 have by far, been the toughest. While I was pregnant with my son, my husband opened his own business. He had been running it for awhile and been extremely successful so he decided to pursue his [...]
I was always fearful of what having a baby would do to our sex life. I have heard so many horror stories "he will be so turned off after seeing a baby come out of you," "your vagina will never be the same," etc. Well I am here to tell you that our sex life [...]
I was 12 days past due and baby boy had not made his grand appearance yet. I was planning on doing everything in this birth process unmedicated, and as natural as possible. I had been studying my Hypnobabies curriculum for months, mentally preparing myself for this process. I knew it could go opposite as planned, [...]
This post has been in the back of my mind for months now and I just haven't felt it was the right time to write it yet. Today, Mother's Day, finally felt appropriate. 9 months ago, I became pregnant. Jack and I had been talking kids for a while but just weren't ready to take [...]
All throughout college I had an off and on relationship that was heading towards marriage. After 3 years, it ended abruptly, followed by a phone call by his mother, telling me he had been with someone else during our relationship. I began experiencing pain like I had never experienced, and I in no way knew [...]
Ten years ago I took a trip to the beloved New York City. It was my high school senior trip, and it turned into was the beginning of a budding romance I would have with this city. It would inspire me to achieve more goals in life than any other place I have been. We [...]
My life has taken a complete 180° turn from where it was at the beginning of this year. I have pretty much fallen off the planet away from anyone, I know and love, which I hate, but everything else about where I am at this point in my life has brought me the most peace [...]
Over the past year I have seen more than the comfortable amount of marriages fail. I don’t think divorce is really ever an outcome that people are comfortable with, but in my experience with what I have known of marriage and what I was raised with, divorce. doesn’t. happen. but unfortunately it does. A lot. [...]
I thought once I found the man I love and said "I do" I would never have to feel this way again. Lately, I have been finding that to not be true. It's not quite to the extreme of losing him, because I know neither of us are going anywhere, but sometimes it just [...]