On the Up & Up

and no. I don't mean the target brand :)

Last week was a tough week. my "truth is" post was written from a dark place of discontentment and hurt. I even thought about deleting it, but then reminded myself, sometimes life is hard. Trying to ignore it would be silly. I enjoyed a lovely weekend with my husband and my parents.

These days, I am learning. I am growing. It hurts, but there is so much beauty. SO MUCH BEAUTY. The woman I am becoming is someone I am fighting for on a daily basis. Some days I don't get anywhere and other days I can see growth, I can feel it. I feel the sweat after a good workout, or tears after a good cry, or the smile after my husband has done something incredibly funny to make me laugh.

Life is good. Life is hard. I'm learning to embrace the hard instead of running from it.

Photos from the weekend! Thanks Dani & Eric for getting married so I had an excuse to dance with my husband to Michael Buble, and shake it like a wild hooligan with my sister on the dance floor.

I love weddings.
Happy Monday~
This man. Lord, thank you!

She will never know how much she means, she's not only, my sister, but best friend.

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