What I Know*

A List of What I Know*: 

*From experience 

Some people can change so much, it’s clear I’m witnessing a miracle (unless, of course, they’re just good at faking it.) 

“Finding yourself” is both easier and harder than it sounds (hint: you aren’t your thoughts!) 

Raising a teenager is different from being one (believe it or not.) 

In order to work, a marriage must include two people who trust not only each other, but themselves, to wake up each day and choose it (over and over and over again.) 

Sobriety does not equal never being angry again (though wouldn’t that be nice?) 

Loving someone does not equal liking them (and in the wise words of the Lumineers: The opposite of love’s indifference.)

Siblings from the same household are raised by different versions of their parents (unless you’re a twin, in which case, you still won’t come out with the same perceptions and memories.) 

Those who have experienced grief tend to find one another (we’re easy to recognize, once you know.) 

You never really know other people, you just trust your perception of them (and that’s when you get mad – when your own perception isn’t fulfilled and matched.) 

The spirits of those not yet born are eternal (therefore they are already with us.) 

Sometimes, time grows a wound rather than heals it (the choice is up to you.) 

Well intentions can still ruin someone’s day (treat others the way THEY want to be treated.) 

Reading is much easier than writing (at least lately.) 

Just because you believe something, doesn’t mean it’s right (no matter what it is you believe.) 

Reality is subjective (therefore making it objective to the individual.) 

I will never stop writing (I will only accidentally make it sound that way when I say “this is the end – of this” to end a blog post.) 

I will likely always overshare (even when I think I’m holding back.) 

I will always choose at least one thing, even if all else fades away (and that’s the man I married.) 

I will always love my family (no matter what.)