Creating a Marital Identity. Creating a Family.
In this post, I want to be candid with you about why I've been writing here. Yes, it has been partly for a school assignment. I'll be honest that indeed I'm out to get a grade. But more importantly, this has been a space for me to assimilate and process information I am taking in and learning about marriage and family life. I have been grateful for the instruction to do so, as I haven't formally journaled (in the handwritten form) for several years. It's been a year and a half since my husband and I married. It is a remarriage for me, and a first for him. The number of overwhelming, life altering experiences in our short marriage has been astounding for me. My head is still reeling from all of the change and transition. Blending our family in our small, fixer upper home Kitchen, bathroom, and living area renovations My (step) father dying of cancer (being with him in the hospital and planning his out-of-state funeral) 3 pregnancy losses and emergency ect...
