I can't believe I'm saying this, but having and raising a baby has been one of the easier parts of our three years of marriage. Today is our 3-year (leather) wedding anniversary (we got married on Feb 29, 2020), and it is quite remarkable how--in these three years--there have been so many life-changing events that... Continue Reading →
Our first page
There are countless letters on countless pages in countless books in countless libraries. They all have something in common: none of them contain our story. Not a single sheet of paper in any of those books contain the emotions, passions, happiness, or sorrows of ours, nor the paths that we have taken. This, our paper... Continue Reading →
The birthday gift that defied time, odds and a pandemic
I always tell people that life is fair. The irony here is that I never quite believed it myself. I'd watch (and even help) people reach new heights, and yet, I'd feel like I was falling further and further behind. Echoes of my past told me I wasn't worth the same, and that some people... Continue Reading →
Marrying was my worst fear
For a lot of people, their wedding day is something of a life goal. They dream about it, read innumerable wedding magazines, and their desires for the perfect wedding may even be borderline utopic. Not me. It was a harrowing prospect--something I had severe anxieties about for the better part of a decade. It's a... Continue Reading →
Embracing the chaos
For the longest time, I was content being by myself. I had nobody I really had to answer to, and nobody I had to consider in my planning. Do I want pizza tonight? Should I uproot and move across the Atlantic? I was perfectly happy in my bubble of discovery and crazy ideas I didn't... Continue Reading →