Hello Internet World!!! This is my blogging debut!!
To get right to the point, I feel that I'm at a time in my life that needs to be documented. As the title of the blog suggests, for the past four-five years of my life, I've felt like The Guinea Pig. Everything has been one big experiment and there hasn't been a hint of a road map for me. As the oldest kid in the family, second oldest grand kid, and oldest of my parent's friends' kids, I was the first to graduate from high school and head off to college in a different state. By far, it was one of the best decisions I've ever made. Not because I didn't get along with the fam, but because it forced me to get out and be my own person. Then, I was the first amongst my friends to start dating, the first to get engaged, the only one who has gotten married, (but that will change on October 9th!!!) the first of my immediate family to graduate from college, and the first of my friends to discover the 'real world' as a wife and all that that entails outside of college.
Throughout the wedding process, my mother said quite a few times "So sorry that you have to be The Guinea Pig with this, but just think of how much you sisters will appreciate the fact that we actually know what we're doing when it's their turn!" haha... we all laughed at that because it's totally true.
Monday will be our six-month wedding anniversary. In these six months, Phil and I have learned so much about each other and how marriage works. I in NO WAY claim to know all the ins and outs and secrets of marriage. That would be absolutely ridiculous.
I am not only learning about myself and what I need out of life, but more importantly about what I can give to it. I don't believe that I would have begun to figure these things out by myself. It's been through my relationship with Phil that has given me a whole new perspective on myself.
And so, I feel like this journey of self-discovery, marriage, and love needs to be documented. I don't know where it will lead, I don't know how faithful I'll be at writing, but I do know that I have thoughts to share. Here we go!
