They Know What It Takes

I’ve made a promise to myself to write more during this uncertain time where the world seems strange at best. I write because my thoughts get to the point where they can’t help but be shared. I write because I feel that it’s a gift that I can share. We all need to be shining and sharing what we have to offer the world right now. 

This post is one I think about quite often and I share from a place of being very happily remarried to an amazing man. I don’t say this because I am not mindful of where you may be in this process. And, I don’t say this to sound boastful. I went through the awful, heartbreaking times, too. I never want that to feel small. It’s far from small. It was the worst season of my life. 

Yet, here I am on the other side. And, I want you to see that life. I want you to see that the hard work brings the real good kind of healing. I want you to know that the inner “stuff” you’ve been dealing with and processing will make you better. It’s part of you now and it will be part of your future. 

You know what it takes because you’ve lived through some really hard times. You know what the fight looks like. You know how to heal when things don’t go according to plan. The hard work you put in will bring that best version of yourself to your new partnership and it will be all you deserve  (and more). 

I’d say for me the part of this that resonates with me on a daily basis is the gratitude piece. I know what it’s like to be in a partnership with someone who made me feel bad, who didn’t appreciate me, and quite frankly didn’t want our union to be his. Now living in my current reality with a man who loves me with everything in him, I am so intentional about never taking this for granted. I truly believe that God blessed me extra good and I live in that place of gratitude. 

And, all of this was created from the ashes and the hard times. It was created because I lived through the worst of it. My devotion is deep because of what I went through. My strength is fierce because I know what it feels like to lose it all. I am who I am because of what I’ve walked through and my marriage reaps from this. I encourage you to never look at where you’ve come from as baggage, but use it to create the incredible partnership you’ve always deserved. My prayers are with you and the future love that comes your way.