I just can’t believe it. Our time has finally come. I feel overwhelmed, incredulous, and so completely blessed. Though Adam’s 15-month deployment to Iraq was the most difficult experience we’ve had to endure, I am so thankful for this separation because it has held in it immeasurable life lessons, it has strengthened the bond between us,…
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DIY Bridesmaid Cards
Here are the cards I gave to my sisters when I asked them to be my Bridesmaids. I’ve been getting a lot of inquiries on how I created these… they were designed in Photoshop. I just took a photo of me in this pose and then typed out the words and positioned them into a…
Love, Truth, and the Theory Of Relativity
It’s been a whole year since Adam first left for Iraq and we’re on the downhill slope these days. Not so difficult to believe we’ve survived, but I am incapable of understanding the relativity of time: how time flies, but only in hindsight; how it seems to bend and stretch at its own pace, yet…
Signing In From Seoul!
Spring in Saigon
God, where to begin? I just… can’t believe I have only one more month left here and then I’m off to Seoul. This has been the single, most eye-opening-see-how-this-small-world-works-and-learn-more-than-I-probably-ever-wanted-to-know-about-myself experience so far (okay, so I went a little hyphen-happy… oops, there it is again). Emotions were running high back in January, after welcoming my soldier…
DIY Save The Date Magnets
I went back to the tailor who is making my ceremony gown to see how things were coming along. To my surprise, she was done with the dress! I tried it on and everything fit okay, barring the bra cups being too close together. She said this was easily corrected, measured where it should have…
On the Upswing Of Things
I thought it was high time to post a non-whiny blog for once. I’m definitely on the upswing of things. Adam will be home very soon on leave and I am counting down the days like a kid before Christmas. I even made those red and green paper rings we used to make in grade…
When Your Heart Is An Empty Room
They come with a vengeance, and most times without warning. It’s Friday night and I’m on the couch, not knowing what to do, where to go, or whom to call. I’m sucker-punched and down for the count, in fetal position. A pain that moves around inside me, not limited to one localized area, but alive…
Two Months Of Joy, Hope, Fear, and Longing
The relentless heartache of deployment: It’s been two months since Adam’s been gone and it still feels as difficult as the first day without him. It’s not a sharp pain, though, it’s more of a dull, aching, relentless longing. At times it can be more urgent, other times numbing, but it is ALWAYS eclipsed by…