Rewind. It’s 2005 and we’ve settled into our first year of marriage. You know how everyone says the first year is hard.. Well, NOT for us. We were pretty awesome at marriage!
In our first year, we did it all right. We were happy, exuberant, (and arrogant). We were setting the groundwork for our little life together. We were also deeply in love. We did everything together. We did all the shopping together. We did all the cooking together. It was pretty magical.
We felt like we already had the kind of marriage only 25 years could refine. We were already at the silver mark. We were the couple you imagine yourself to be – sitting on that old wooden rocking chair gazing off the front porch into the Rocky Mountains – reflecting on life’s greatest triumphs.
We were finally The Windhams!
We had just spent the last two years separated by a thousand miles…. And that was hard. It was miserable. We saw each other every few months. Talked on the phone almost every day.
Jonathan moved to Iowa for grad school. Sarah was still finishing her undergrad at UT-Austin.
It was then that we learned how to work things out by talking and listening. We spent hours on the phone (read: Sarah spent hours talking, Jonathan spent hours listening).
We knew how to, dare we say, C-O-M-M-U-N-I-C-A-T-E.
Problem was, we didn’t really have any problems to work out and communicate.
So one afternoon we had a close friend, let’s call her Amand-azing, over for lunch and we were sharing a typical story about the struggle we were having in our marriage. The struggle that we knew all the answers and no one was asking us the questions.
Amand-azing was single, so of course she LOVED hearing stories about being married… and all that was wrong in our little bubble of a world… and it HIT US!
WE should write a BOOK! It was then that the idea of this very blog…
We said to ourselves, not only should we write a book, but we should go on book tours, hold seminars, teaching all that we’d learned in our first year of a glorious marriage.
Ridiculous, right?
Well you’re here now, so what’s in it for you?
Here’s why we’re excited to share the “most awesome family chronicles blog ever” (trademark pending)
- Because we say what you’re already thinking. We’re honest and transparent.
- Because we say what you wish you were brave enough to say. We have courage.
- Because we’re skilled in humor and debate. We write together. And who doesn’t love a good fight.
- Because we have very different opinions.
- Because we make cute babies. We share pictures.
- Because we rescue cute dogs. We share even more pictures.
- Because our struggle is real. Cue first world problems meme.
So, if you’re any one of the following types, you may just be in the right place.
- A neurotic mother with kids that really aren’t all that bad. We love you always!
- An absentee husband who pays more attention to your phone than your family. Been there, done that!
- A couple who’s disconnected and hasn’t had sex in months. We want to help you put on your business socks.
- Anyone who’s diagnosed ADD or ADHD. We like to jump around.
- Anyone who’s a self diagnosed OCD clean-freak. We like clean lines and keep it streamlined.
- Any family member who’s been secretly proud of us. Here’s your chance to share what you already knew!
Thanks for stopping by. We hope you find love and encouragement along the path of humorous tangents and folkloric tales about the most ridiculous family ever!
PS. And though we may NOT be all that awesome, Sarah does have a shirt that proves she’s the “okayest” sister you may know..
