And a lot of the time it is more interesting, too! Many of my friends have told me that my life should be made into a book or a Lifetime movie. Even Jason has encouraged me to share; his sweetest recommendation yet being to compile our years and years of letters into a bound book. That's such a romantic idea! I thought people wouldn't really care, but it's been pointed out to me that our culture loves reality TV, and so why not a reality blog? I recall reading Pioneer Woman's love story on her blog years ago, and being so drawn in until her very last entry, so I think they are right. I have great friends--of course they're right!
But before beginning this strange tale that I call my life, I have to warn you that I myself am strange. I have always considered myself the gold standard of normal, but in recent years I have come to accept the fact that I am in fact different. Odd. Not normal. While the thought of being apart from the pack makes me cringe on the inside, Jason is always quick to reassure me that if I were not different, he wouldn't love me. Many years ago when eHarmony first hit the online dating scene, I filled out their lengthy application/personality assessment so that I could be matched up with just the right person. However, I was informed upon completion of the process that I was so rare, they simply had nobody to match me up with. Not one person? What was wrong with me? These people were in BUSINESS to make MONEY, but they wouldn't take mine. This was the beginning of my realization that I was different. Surely there was one person? Many years later, Jason would tell me in one of his sweetest lines yet that the reason for this is because he is the only one for me, and he was not on eHarmony at that time or ever. Oh, how I love that man.
So why am I, such a private person, finally letting the world peek in at my sometimes disastrous life? I do think it is a story worth sharing, I would like to have a record of it, much like the main characters in The Notebook had their story to read in later years, and if nothing else it is a testament to true love for those who believe it no longer exists. While this blog will probably veer off track from time to time, the main purpose is to tell our story, Jason and mine. Maybe something good will come of it--maybe it will set him free--or maybe it will bring comfort to some who will read it. We would both like that. <3
So please read this all with an open mind and open heart and try to leave judgmental opinions at the door, or at least at bay until my story is complete. If you do, I promise that our story will touch you and probably make you laugh. For legal reasons, I will have to omit certain details, but what you do read will be the truth. That's another thing about me--I tend to be an open book, to a fault!
With that caveat, let me begin...
p.s. Bear with me on the plainness of this blog until I can figure out how to jazz up its appearance. ;)
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