Finding Joy in the Unexpected
Me & this guy have been weirdly grateful for this pandemic in some ways
It feels odd to say, but it’s our truth.
The fact is,
our WHOLE life together has been go-go-go. It goes something like this:
Grad school (Me).
Get together/date long-distance/fly halfway up and down the coast to see each other.
Move across 6 states, change jobs 3 times.
Military deployment.
Get engaged/plan wedding/ get married 5 states away from our home.
Move again. Military detachments.
Leave military. Move again. Grad school (Him).
Job changes. Move again. More school (Me). Then 2 years of a new job where he worked so many hours a week that we really only saw each other on Saturdays.
WOWZAS, I'm tired just writing that out, and that's just a nutshell :p. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
These aren’t complaints; just the truth!
It's not like there weren't any good times (or that these were even “bad times”!
There are so many amazing memories from during this time as well :)
But honestly, after alllll that? Having these past few months to REALLY spend extended time together after so long has truly been a blessing. It's given us a chance to really grow together, have deeper conversations, talk about dreams and goals and what we want out of the future (at least as much as I can get this enneagram 7 over here to plan :p ). We took a little weekend trip recently weekend (a careful, socially distanced, very isolated trip!), and the opportunity to just be together and take a collective deep breath was SO beyond needed; and lovely! ⠀⠀⠀
This pup was definitely living her best life in sun and on the beach <3
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I still hate Covid
& love restaurants
& miss friends & family
& will be excited to travel when this is all over.
But I'm also grateful, and try to remember that each day when the other BS is getting me down.
[Don't worry, I've dealt with plenty of my own struggles through all of this too; maybe a story for another time :) ]⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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I'm curious: what is at least one thing that you're grateful for, after the past 4 months?
Even something small? <3
I'd really love to hear it, either here or over on my Instagram…because I think we could all use a teeny bit of positivity these days.
Yours in Wellness,
Liz