I was a little nervous to tell B that I had started a blog. He's always so encouraging and kind, and he's even told me that he thinks I should, but I get shy and embarrassed about things like that.
My heart was beating pretty fast when I blurted out, "I started writing a blog". Next thing I knew, he was reading it and I had my back turned, getting dinner ready so I didn't have to watch. When he was finished, he came over to me and hugged me and told me he thought it was great. I started crying (because, well, am I ever not crying?) but mostly because he is just so nice to me. He is always supportive and encouraging, which is one of my favorite things about him. I am learning that I never have to be embarrassed to tell him anything. He said he thought it was a wonderful thing to do, then asked, "Every day?" and I told him yes. Every day. There are a few reasons I want to write every day: 1. It gives me a chance to sit and reflect on the day, and to look for the beauty in it, which I normally wouldn't really do. 2. I like writing. Just not essays. I hate writing essays. 3. When B and I first got engaged, I made a commitment to God to read my scriptures and pray every single day. Then when we got married, we kept it up together. We have prayed and read in the scriptures together every single day since we've been married. It has brought us closer together and we have without a doubt been blessed because of it. What I've learned from it, though, is that it is way easier to do something every day than it is to just do it when you feel like it. Maybe because it forms a habit? Or maybe because it's more of a commitment. Either way, it motivates me, and the only way I can see myself actually sticking with this blog is if I do it every single day. In other news, I think Dean is by far the best Gilmore Girls boyfriend. Anyone who disagrees with me better have full evidence to back it up, because I will not be easily swayed. Xoxo, R
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I decided to start this blog as a sort of love letter to my family. Right now my family is just my husband and me, but we do plan to have children in the near(ish) future. We've been married for almost six months, and right now we're enjoying spending time with just each other. I wanted to have a place to document our days together, a place where we could look back and remember all the beautiful times we've had. I plan to write daily about the best parts of the day or what we did or what projects we're working on or what I'm thinking about or really just whatever I want to remember about that particular day in years to come.
These were my favorite things about today: 1. I've been re-reading Stephanie Nielson's "Heaven is Here" and loving it all over again. It inspires me to see the beauty in my life. 2. I stopped by the library on my way home. For some reason I love the library here. I think it's because when we first moved here in the Fall and I didn't have a job, but B was working, I would go to the library. For those first few weeks I checked out Gilmore Girls on DVD, because we hadn't gotten the WiFi set up in our house yet. I remember I could only check out two things at a time, which meant only about eight episodes of Gilmore Girls at a time. There was also a mysterious someone who was checking out the two Gilmore Girls DVD's that were just ahead of mine- if I had Season 2, discs 3 and 4, they had discs 5 and 6. It was infuriating because I would always finish my eight episodes and return the DVD's before they had! So I always had to wait for what felt like forever for whoever it was to return their DVD's. It was such a silly situation, but it was a big deal for a girl in a new town who's only friends were Rory and Lorelai Gilmore! 3. I loved walking into the kitchen to see the beautiful soft-violet tulips that B got me for Valentine's day. (Okay, I picked them out. I also picked out my Ferrero Rocher chocolates. But I actually like picking out my own gifts because some (my mother) might say that I'm very picky. ;) I also picked out my own engagement and wedding rings, but that's a story for another day.) Anyway, I love those tulips! They brighten up our kitchen and make Spring feel not so far away. 4. B texted me from work as soon as he got on his lunch saying, "come come come!" At first I thought there must be something horribly wrong because I am always jumping to the worst conclusions, but then he told me he just wanted to be with me (and he also wanted a burger). So I ran out to the car and drove through the rain to pick him up so we could get some food at McDonald's and spend the rest of his lunch together. It was nice. I was sad to drive back home by myself again. I can't wait to go pick him up. :) Until tomorrow, R |
AuthorI'm R and he's B. We've been in love since we were teenagers, and now we're married. We're Mormons, students, and Californians at heart. This is our daily love story. Archives
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