Date night was Brandon’s idea. Growing up, Brandon’s parents always went on a weekly date night, so when we got married, Brandon insisted that we prioritize having a weekly date night ourselves! I wasn’t as adamant about having a date night as he was, but it sounded good to me, so we did it. Now, […]

We got married when we were 22 years old. Brandon was on his two-week break between semesters at Wake Tech and working two part-time jobs, and I was working full time for minimum wage at a nursing home…It was in that first blissful and crazy year that I learned three valuable life lessons.