Planning a second wedding is quite strange. It’s like walking a familiar road after being absent from a city for decades – you think you know the sites and the layout but nothing is as it was. I don’t want to think about the first time, endlessly reflecting on how it was done before. ButContinue reading “Deja Vu Yet New”
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Like It Never Happened
My life is generally divided into B.D. (before divorce) and A.D. (after divorce). I divvy up experiences, locations and even relationships between these two categories. I am (often painfully) aware of this division, this singular event that has fractured my life in two. Last night, for a magical few hours, that mental division was erasedContinue reading “Like It Never Happened”
Why I Became a Tough Mudder
Brock and I did Tough Mudder in March of 2011. We had been together a little less than a year. It really was a transformative experience for our relationship and had a significant impact on my learning to trust again. We continue to do events together that require teamwork and perseverance. In fact, we haveContinue reading “Why I Became a Tough Mudder”
Say Stress to the Dress
I am a grown-ass woman. I have degrees. I’ve won awards. I can go on national television. I can do home repair. I’m generally pretty confident in myself and my appearance. So why is it that some 22-year-old working in a formal shop can make me feel about as insecure as a teenager in frontContinue reading “Say Stress to the Dress”