Happy Valentine's Day! While I enjoy this day, the historian in me is curious as to how this day came about. I hope I'm not the only one, so I want to give you the history of Valentine's Day! Valentine's Day has a couple different origin stories. Like a number of many other days, it … Continue reading The History of Valentine’s Day
Relationships
Civic Responsibility
This wasn't necessarily the post I was planning for this week, and it's also different than most posts I've written recently. But, as usual, I feel obligated to tell my story and talk about things in my life. So about a month ago, I got the dreaded note in the mail: JURY SUMMONS. I've received … Continue reading Civic Responsibility
The Business of My Relationship
I don't do relationship advice often on here. But my partner and I have a really cool system that we developed within our relationship that I want to share. (And yes, he gave me permission to do this.) My partner was in the Army, and he had these things called "After Action Reports" (AAR).When we … Continue reading The Business of My Relationship
Balance
Life is a balance. And lately my life has been so far out of balance that I almost didn't post today. But I'm working on it. See life isn't just one component. It's a stool, and if one of the legs of the stool are shorter or are gone completely, the stool will either wobble … Continue reading Balance
Setting Boundaries
I use an app to meditate called Insight Timer (would absolutely recommend). Recently they had a 10-day course about setting boundaries. I agreed to do it, and it's putting a lot of things into perspective for me. Some of the things I had never even thought of before. So I want to share with you … Continue reading Setting Boundaries
The Light at the End of the Tunnel
I'm sure I'm not the only one who sometimes finds it hard to find hope in situations. It can be easy to feel like everything is helpless. But I'm here to tell you that things do get better. Or even if they don't completely get better, then at least they become more bearable. This isn't … Continue reading The Light at the End of the Tunnel
The Foundations of a Relationship
As many of you know, I have been dating a guy for a while now. My relationship isn't really anyone's business, but it does set the stage for what I'm going to talk about today. Romantic relationships can be complicated or they can be easy. They can be a lot of work or very little … Continue reading The Foundations of a Relationship
The History of Father’s Day
Sunday was a couple of different holidays here in the United States, but one of them was Father's Day. I did a history of Mother's Day post a few years ago (May 2019 to be specific), but I've never done a Father's Day history post. It's time that we change that! So Father's Day actually … Continue reading The History of Father’s Day
My Favorite Relationship Advice
Relationships, especially romantic relationships, can be good or bad. It might be scary getting into a relationship, and things may not turn out the way you expect. Since we're in the middle of a lot of marriage season, and I know a lot of people like to get into at least summer romances, I thought … Continue reading My Favorite Relationship Advice
Check In
Last June, I wrote a post titled "Glow Up." It was the idea of doing things that you like without holding on to what people or society expect you to be. And while that was the phrase and the phase I needed to go through last summer, this year is different. See, I know who … Continue reading Check In
Battle Kim of the Republic 