My life experience was that it was more enjoyable to be single then in a relationship because I had only picked the wrong guys. I decided I was no longer going to get caught up in a situation or relationship that didn’t feel like it had great potential right away.

Our first date ended up being a 4 hour road trip to a museum we both had always wanted to go to. It could’ve been a complete catastrophe having to be in a truck with someone you’d never met for that long but we hit it off and never stopped talking for a minute.

To my little self, I say that you are not your parents and that your life can be different than theirs, love yourself as much as you want to be loved by others because only then, you can attract your greatest love.

My first marriage was not what I had dreamed the rest of my life would look like, and I knew that at the altar. After our marriage ended, I decided that I would never pick wrong again.

Why was it so difficult for me? I know I’m an amazing girlfriend, so why did I always end up with the hardest, most heart-breaking relationships?

Prior to meeting my husband, I had been in several toxic relationships the longest of which was 6 years. This relationship broke me, I was heartbroken, insecure, and lost after this breakup.

I had a pattern of falling for someone quickly and deeply, and giving up parts of myself to be the most perfect girlfriend. I was like a relationship chameleon!

My love of my life, he who was so rude to me when we were first introduced, has helped me let out that breath I held in last year. Together we’ve started a completely new chapter in all our lives.

When I FIRST met him I was a freshman in high school! I was only 14 at the time (2nd youngest one my entire grade!) so I didn’t think too much of having a boyfriend never mind finding LOVE.

But I knew I had more than potential. Maybe I wasn’t exactly where I wanted to be in life, but I knew I had the ambition to achieve more. These guys didn’t appreciate when I tried to motivate them to do more and become more together.