• Marriage

    What five years of marriage have taught me

    Five years ago, it was a cool fall day in Georgia and I married the love of my life. Like many others, my marriage is not perfect – but I don’t expect it to be. It ebbs and flows but I am lucky that there are more good days than bad. I’m lucky to be in a healthy (again, not perfect) marriage where we respect each other (most of the time), love each other and most days, really like each other. This five-year milestone has got me thinking about all I’ve learned about love and marriage along the way; advice and perspectives that have made us work, and that if…

  • Me

    The 10th Anniversary of My 21st Birthday

    I’ve got an anniversary coming up – a big one!  Oh, where I was then, and where I am now – what a difference!  Like, not even in the same universe different!  I was having a grand ole time down in Gainesville, doing what most 21-year-olds do in a college town.  Little did I know where 10 years would take me – it’s greater than I could have ever imagined. I consider myself a happy person.  The little things make me smile.  I love the life I have now – even though it’s not glamorous, even though I don’t get out much, and even though I have more responsibility than…