My friend and I were recently talking about marriage and all the things it teaches you and the hardships that you go through. A good marriage does not come without hard times, it’s through those hard times where you find out how much your love can really grow. Can you come out of the hard times stronger together or stronger apart? I fully believe that marriage makes you a better person. It challenges you to grow as a person all the time. You are going to have disagreements with each other, but it’s how you choose to face them whether your marriage grows or becomes stagnant. We were married at the very young age of 19.. yes I know crazy! lol. Our relationship before kids was incredible, we had our hiccups but we had so much fun; we were literally the expression of young, dumb and in love. I think when everyone gets married you think that it won’t happen to you or that you will be better than that. We won’t ever fight like that, we will never go to bed angry or I will never yell at my spouse or…
“Someone else’s opinion of you is none of your business”- Rachel Hollis If you have been doing the last 90 days challenge or listening to her podcast then you know what I am talking about: people’s opinions of you and how you let them affect you. I am at my core a people pleaser, it is really hard for me when I come across someone who has a hard opinion of me. I would be lying if I said it doesn’t strike a chord to my heart, sometimes it cuts deeper than I would like to admit. Why do we let people’s opinions control how we feel about ourselves? Why do we let people’s opinions control our emotions at times? Why is it so hard to just stay on our path and focus on our journey and not seek the validation or acceptance of others? If you are succeeding or doing things right, the enemy is always going to be there to try and take you down. “Do not put peoples opinions above God’s calling”- David Groeshel One of the hardest things that I…