Today is 9 years. 9 years of being married to my husband, Ben Bergeron. 9 years ago yesterday, I was somehow even more of an insecure, emotional basket case than I am today. That’s still, technically, “improvement”, though. I was a puddle in a white robe in our kitchen in our old apartment wondering if he changed his mind and ran away the day before our wedding because he wasn’t answering my phone calls or…
I have a terrible memory. Anyone who knows me well, knows that my brain is basically dead. But, one very clear memory I have and don’t think I will ever forget is when Jonathan Tuminaro dumped me during either my junior or senior year of high school. It was devastating. My heart hurt so bad and I felt so unbelievably helpless. Relatively speaking, it was one of the truly saddest moments I can…
There are few things harder in life to accept than criticism of your actions. I think the only thing that might trump that is feeling love for someone that does not love you back. But, that’s a topic for another post. Actually, that may be so hard that I don’t even want to go there. Like, ever. Hearing criticism is tough, though. It’s very easy to talk about “being open to crticism” and…
As a family, we’re very big on establishing a very short, simple list of core family values. If it came down to one and only most important, above all else, value and moto that dominates every day for us, it’s this: FAMILY FIRST. Always, always, always. Family comes first. Nothing else. Ever. We really love this one because it’s 100% straight forward. If you’re trying to make a decision about something, it…
I’m a firm believer in the idea that you can tell a lot about a girl by who her best friends are. Not so ironically, it seems to bode true for guys, too. Which is one of the reasons why I am even more sold on the fact that Ben is as genuinely a good guy as he comes across as: his best friends are the best guys I have ever met. And, Matt O’Keefe…