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Our Forever

My husband Mike and I have been together since 2012. We actually went to high school together but ran in different crowds so we never actually knew each other. We actually connected via facebook. We planned a date to a local park after talking for a few weeks. We both showed up in white shorts and a black tee shirt and laughed immediately. I fell in love with him that day. From 2012 to 2015 we were dating and planning our future. In December of 2015 he proposed, after a little nudge, or 10. I’m a little impatient. We got married August 25th of 2018 and I never loved him more than on that day. Or so I thought. We spent the next 2 years loving married life and trying for a baby. After a lot of struggles and emotions we finally got pregnant in January of 2020. Remember how I said, or so I thought, yeah. Seeing him hold our son for the first time, I fell so much more in love with him. Anyway! Now that baby boy is here, we’re on a whole new journey. One that’s been really hard, challenging us in ways we could never have imagined, and i’ll be getting more into that in later posts. But here we are, taking things day by day. Marriage is hard, but we got this! 

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  1. Cia C.October 22, 2020 at 6:42 PM

    I agree that adding a baby to a marriage is challenging but it is a wonderful challenge. I am almost 2 years into this beautiful journey of being a mom and I have to say my son brought us closer together in more ways than we could imagine. You guys will look back at those challenges and laugh together. We are currently on a journey of working together as our son may have autism and/or speech concerns. It is scary but I am glad to have my husband Kevin by my side as support as we figure this out. From the sounds of things you have the same support with Mike ☺️.

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