Welcome to The Pause, dear friend. Come on in and make yourself comfortable.
Sweet August—what a month it’s been. I find myself at peace in a way that feels restorative and lasting, and I hope to find you feeling some of the same.
Today we’re going to take a moment to love on love.
Settle in, take a deep breath, and get ready to pause in 3…2…1…
🥂 Five Years
Kevin and I celebrated five years of being married last Thursday. “8.25.17” as the Facebook album would have read.
I could sit here and talk through the ups and the downs—the triumphs and the shortcomings—but what I care more to talk about is the love.
I am so proud of our love.
I am proud of how our love has grown and evolved as we have. I am proud of how our love has tended to the parts of us that needed tending to. I am proud of how our love somehow continues to expand after all of these years.
Our love has transformed me. It has challenged me to check myself on how I communicate and react. It has held me as I’ve worked through childhood hurts and experiences of feeling unlovable. It has dissolved insecurities and defenses built up over decades. And, it has healed me in ways I could have never imagined.
I am a better person because of our love, and I find myself in awe and forever grateful that I get to be the benefactor of such life-changing love.
There is love in your life that has changed you for the better. The source—be it a partner, parent, teacher, therapist, child, or friend—may vary, but the secure feeling of love is the same. It has healed you. It has embraced you. It has proven to you that your lovability is absolute. This is a moment to honor this love—the love that has made you more of the person you want to be.
⏸ Pause & Reconnect
**Enjoy this moment. There are no right or wrong answers; just what’s true for you.**
Who is an influential love of your life?
How has their love healed you? Transformed you? Made you more of the person you want to be?
It is lovely to meet you here, as always. Enjoy your remaining moments of August, and remember the way you love is transformative, too.
Until next time. 🖤
~ L
P.S. Our highlights wedding video is here and our documentary wedding video is here (pw: lindsey), in case you’d like to celebrate with us. 🥂
P.P.S. Today happens to be my parents’ 37th wedding anniversary; Mom and Dad, thank you for being an inspiring example of what love and marriage can be. I am so proud you’re my parents, and I know I am blessed to have grown up bearing witness to your love. I love you. ❤️