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Jan 21

This week, five years ago, Ian and I went on our first date. 🥹

He took me to his friend’s farm to check out their maple syrup trees, and then for dinner at a fantastic, little Mexican restaurant in Bridgeport (that sadly didn’t survive the pandemic times). I was super duper pregnant (nearly 8 months) and it was awkward for both of us because all the sweet people who owned the restaurant kept coming up to us to congratulate us on the baby. I remember Ian looking at me and saying “I don’t really know what to say to them” 🫠and I told him “just say thank you otherwise we’re going to have to have a whole conversation with them about it.” 😂

Getting to know somebody, falling in love, building trust, and a new type of modern family- All under the wildest circumstances was incredibly difficult. It nearly broke us more than once. And it also taught both of us so much about what true connection and partnership is.

The truth that some people don’t want you to know is that happiness can be whatever you want. It doesn’t have to be like anything you’ve known before…and nobody else but you has to “get it”. True happiness will flow with you, not against you. Trust your instincts. Be brave in asking the universe for what you need.

When I met Ian my life was in f*cking shambles. I was not AT ALL expecting to meet my life partner. I had *all* the chips on my shoulder, and enough “baggage” to drag a steamliner down to the depths. 😬 He wasn’t what I expected. And I wasn’t what he had expected either. His future didn’t come tied up in a package like this in his boyhood dreams. We don’t ever think to dream outside the lines.

I guess my point is that when things seem the darkest, that’s when you have to look for sparks of joy the most. It’s when you have to believe in the magic, recognize the magic, and follow the magic. ✨❤️

(These Polaroids are from late April 2020. Ian had just met the big kids a couple weeks earlier and we were all in that excited love bubble of flow and connection. Marlowe had gotten a Polaroid camera for Christmas and wanted to take photos of our “play date” with Ian. These are some of our most precious memories. 🥰)

Jan 20

Keep finding the glimmers of Joy. Wherever they are. Find them in all their tenderness and worship them. ❤️‍🩹🥰

Please let me know- what were some glimmers from your weekend??

Jan 18

Tag the bestie you have to take off speaker 😂😭📵

#momlife #honestmotherhood #reels #funnyreels

Jan 17

Who was I before I was a redhead?

#copperhair #hairtransformation #redhair #redhairdontcare #cowgirlcopper #auburnhair #hairreels

Jan 16

As always, thanks be to @iamcardib !!! 👑🙏🏼🏆👍🏻👍🏻

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