An open apology
So, as it turns out, I owe a giant apology to the universe, my family, my husband, my friends and probably most importantly myself. In chatting with my rather insightful partner, we came to an incredible realization. We aren’t struggling as a couple and a family because we don’t have the skills to communicate or be a happily married couple. We are struggling as a couple because we have lost the ‘us.’ What I mean by this is in the process of ‘just being’ and ‘just getting by’ we had forgotten to take care of the number one and number two in this process: each of us as individuals. I used to be this person who sought out self improvement through reading, physical improvement through running and physical challenges, and someone who pursued my passions in things like photography and anything that my little heart had a desire for. In the course of mom, wife, bonus mom, I had willingly handed over my ‘Kara’ and it happened ever so slowly but really resulted in near catastrop...