It's still me!

10/26/09 8:41 PM

I think there is a misconception that marriage changes a person. There must be this magical moment when you change into something different but I don’t know if people think it’s during the ceremony or maybe when you change your name. Either way I must have missed this moment. A few weeks ago I was sitting in class and the student next to me noticed my rings – it happens. This student was surprised and said something along the lines of “we thought you were our age,” or “we thought you were like us.” Let’s get this straight. I am your age. I am a junior in college. I’m 20. I am perfectly normal except I hate fast food which is an arguable point. I guess in...

The beginning of a kinda sorta messed up fairy tale

10/20/09 12:55 PM

"You're too young." "It will never last." These are two phrases  I have heard more times than I can count over the last four years. I was a junior in high school when I sat with my dad on our porch swing to talk about my announcement - I was engaged. I was also only 16. Three years later, on June 28, 2008 I married my then boyfriend on our four year anniversary in front of 250 people. It was the summer after my freshman year at Baker and I was 19. I won't deny I was young when I got married. I can't sit here and say my life is easy. I work a part time job at a local accounting firm, have a few businesses of my own, go to school, clean my house and maintain a marriage. My husband, Sam, is a student at JCCC, works part time at Subway (which is where we met...