Living our Vows: Jenni & Matthew

Many of you know this lovely couple in blogland and i was overly excited when Jenni agreed to participate in the series.  She is a wonderful writer, amazing blogger and a fantastic wife so i knew she would have a lot of nuggets of wisdom to share.  And i hope you take away some of her nuggets in helping you to live your vows.

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Hey you guys! Pleasure to be here chatting with you today. :) 

 My name is Jenni from the blog Story of My Life, 

and I'm going to talk to you a little about the "for better or for worse" part of my marriage vows.

Over at my blog, I tend to paint a sunny picture of my life most of the time because a) I really and truly AM happy, but also b) most often it's innapropriate to air out your dirty laundry on the Internet (or what otherwise might just be private, between you and you husband).

I often hear people complain that some bloggers aren't "real" and are a little too positive, and in some cases I agree, but I also think that it's important we all understand that NO ONE'S life is perfect.  Even those whose lives seem  perfect.  There is always stuff going on behind the scenes that would just be plain innapropriate to share on a blog!  Or even if someone's life really IS perfectly happy and rosy now, it won't always be that way.  In life there are seasons, and some are simply much more pleasant than others.

My husband, Matthew, and my story started out like a fairytale, and in my mind it always will be. (Read our whole love story here if you're interested!)  But over the past nearly two years since we've been married, a ton has changed in our lives.  Matthew has decided to take an entirely new career direction after a bunch of crap went down with his job, and so now he is in law school.

Between the challenges law school brings, financial issues we didn't used to have, and some other really big life stuff going on, things went from better to worse FAST.  We have to laugh about it now, because life is just unpredictable and crazy and has a way of teaching you what is most important. 

But I like to always remind people, especially other married folks or people about to be married, that some times will, inevitably, be better than others.  If you run into a rough patch when things aren't as blissful as they once were, suck it up and love each other through it and take your vows seriously.  Because life isn't always blissful, and when you commit your life to someone else, you agree to be with them through thick and thin. :)

Thanks so much for having me "Mrs. Pancakes!"  :)

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Thank you Jenni for your honesty and also for reminding us that no matter how perfect our fairytale begins, there are going to come moments in our story that is not so fairytale-ish!  However, your story reveals that living our vows means living through thick and thin!

Question of the Day:

How do you as a couple deal with marriage when the fairytale ends and life begins?