| this year's l o v e | 💕 anniversary edition — Bri McCorkell | Intuitive Life Coach, Healer + Reiki Master

Earlier this year I asked Rory if I was sober + vegan + woo when we met back in 2001, would he still have wanted to date me and be my boyfriend. He was like, "I don't know." with a 😉

Today on our 8 year wedding anniversary + 18 years together as a couple (which is BANANAS #yesweareold), I feel called to snapshot our story, not only because life's been feeling a little hectic with 3 littles under 5, but also because we've uncovered some helpful nuggets over the last 2 decades.

What I've learned is that sometimes relationships don't always look or feel good, shiny or even the way we pictured they would. Sometimes we think we know what we truly need or "deserve" in our marriage, not realizing that we are unconsciously repeating old, shitty family patterns that don't serve us at all. There may even be times where we question our love, question why we're still together, wonder if it would be better or easier with someone else. (Chances are the unresolved issues and patters within us would just be repeated in the new relationship. Of course there are those situations where leaving might be the best, if you're in a relationship without mutual respect and kindness -you know you best).

But I think there is just so much to say about really committing. Doing the work. Accepting yourself and your partner for who they are, while still holding space for them to evolve into their truest self. And that the journey will be messy as hell! Knowing that they key to having a relationship that nourishes and feeds you is HEALING YOURSELF.

So today, I want to give props to all of you working thru the good times and the bad. Especially to the two 19-year old college kids that just knew deep down that they were meant to be together. That saw each other's true light. That stayed together thru the good times, the drunk times, the dark times, the confusing times, the holy-shit-we-are-outnumbered times, and continued to steer their ship towards the sacred + beautiful love that lies underneath the daily veil of chaos.

Rory, thank you for loving me + supporting me throughout each part of my story.

I love you + will honor you + your journey the rest of my days.

Now bring me some coffee.

💕 your Bee