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What Marriage Has Taught Me

“If you want something to last forever, you treat it differently. You shield it and protect it. You never abuse it. You don’t expose it to the elements. You don’t make it common or ordinary. If it ever becomes tarnished, you lovingly polish it until it gleams like new. It becomes special because you have made it so, and it grows more beautiful and precious as time goes by.” - Elder F. Burton Howard The majority of people venture out to the married life expecting the best. Expecting it to be  ideal, convenient, beautiful, and basically a happy ending . It’s perfectly normal to be excited & positive as newlyweds, the more optimism the better right? Well, I’ve been married for 1 year and 6 months, I know we’re still newbies, but I have learned a lot & those expectations aren’t always true. Today, I want to share with you the reality of a “married life”, the good, the bad, and the realness of it.  Now moving on, without further ado, these are a few things marr...

A letter to my unnikuttan

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Unnikutta, I want you to know how precious you are and always will be to me. You are my first child. My first son. My everything, really. In the years to come, I will teach you so much, but you have already taught me infinite amounts. You have taught me what it is to be a father. You have taught me to be selfless. You have taught me pure love. You have taught me that it is possible to have a piece of my heart outside of my body. Thank you for being the one with whom I get to experience all of these firsts. There is no one else who could have done it. God chose   you , my little prince.  I pray that you grow up strong and sweet and that you know and love god and that you have a heart for others. I pray that you never let this world dull your bright and lovely personality. I pray that you are courageous and kind and generous and patient. You are my world right now. And my world is only going to be growing and expanding, but it will never take anything away from yo...