... Jessica. I am a 20 something year old birth mom, wife, and mom again- in that chronological order. I have been married since I was 18. This shocks many people, especially in California, which is where I live. In Texas, where I was raised, it wasn't the most uncommon thing. Anyways to get the "ew child bride" ideas out of your head. Yes, we were young. No, it was not impulsive we talked about it for months and we believed that we didn't need to wait because we were confident in our relationship. But isn't everyone? I think the thing that really sealed the deal with a firm date is me finding out I was pregnant. Twas one of those shot gun weddings where my paw cleaned his gun the whole time, except not at all. We were and are best friends. Plus anyone who meets my husband understands why I snagged him up so quickly. We were pregnant [ we or I, who hates it when people say we are pregnant]. We had a justice of the peace wedding; my parents were not in attendance because they do not like the color of my husband. It was fine. I'm so over it. I will not talk about my parents any further in this post because it is confusing and would take way too long.
Anyways we got married with the idea of having a vow renewal when we were older and had more money. We've been married for 5 years so far so maybe at 10 or 15? Who knows? Maybe never.
It seems to matter less and less. We had our beautiful son. Right before our son turned 2 my husband got laid off. It was 2 months before he found another job and this job was at WalMart so not what he was used to. He decided, with my consent because that's how marriage works for those who might say it's his life (sorry too much OSMW), to join the Air Force.
It has been a change, but a welcomed one. We moved from Texas to California after our son's seizures kept us from going to Italy. At first I thought I was just going to get sun burned over and over again, but I have actually enjoyed our time here. I now have a great job on base; I'm almost done with my BA in Social Work! My son is amazing. We are debating adding another baby to our family.
I really want to just do "domestic" things better. I want to try new recipes and learn to sew. I have decided to share the whole mess in this blog.
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