My therapist pulled from this story during a couples session many months ago and it’s stuck with me ever since; she used it to speak of happiness within versus happiness based on external circumstances. Saving it here for myself, really. But maybe someone out there could use it too. And if you’re in Orange County…
More than ever before, I’m called to write. It’s clearly my way of releasing, of sorting. Sometimes life sucks you in like a vacuum and you find yourself circulating and spinning in a bowl full of dust and debris only to be emptied out into a trashcan and left to clean yourself off and find…
Being okay with divorce does not mean there’s no struggle but rather that the struggle is a necessary part of the equation that will ultimately lead to growth. The mess, the heartache, the confusion, the uncertainty, the stress, I fully believe will bring us all to a better place if we invite the struggle. I’m…
Today is what would have been our 10 year wedding anniversary. There’s two things I’d like to reflect on. 1. Society, in my newly-formed-opinion, has a skewed idea of what makes a successful marriage. A successful marriage, again – my opinion – should have nothing to do with how long you’ve married and everything to…
I set up my new username on what used to be our shared online mortgage account, YouGotThis, before hitting the road mid-afternoon on a Friday. The last Friday in May. My ex-mother-in-law’s birthday. Do in-laws become ex’s too? I’m not sure. I find myself questioning a lot these days. As we finally make it up…