My Freedoms in Remarriage

I love some of my freedoms I feel in being remarried.

I feel freedom in knowing and sharing our finances. I love knowing Mark is genuinely working hard for our family and deliberately choosing us. I feel freedom in crying and having my feelings validated. I feel freedom in knowing I am loveable and worth being a priority. I feel freedom in feeling physically attractive and worth sharing affection with. I feel freedom in knowing I am fun. We love to laugh. I feel freedom in exercising and sharing healthy goals with him. I feel freedom in our communication and that my thoughts and feelings are valuable. I feel freedom in us both striving to keep our home a safe and supportive space. I love how present he is. I feel freedom in knowing I feel physically, emotionally and spiritually protected and shielded by him. I feel freedom in knowing I am worth buying flowers or gifts for. I feel freedom in having him support me in my goals. His encouragement with my ability to be driven has presented opportunities that I never knew was possible. I feel freedom in traveling with him in ways that we are so similar. I feel freedom in knowing Mark wants to work with and for me. I feel freedom in my capacity to love being deeper for him and reaching all our children.

I feel freedom in trusting only in relationships that have earned it. I feel freedom in knowing my role as a mom is what my kids need right now, even with my weaknesses. I feel freedom in knowing I am a daughter of God and although I’m not perfect I can be through the Atonement. I feel freedom in knowing I gave everything to my first marriage and although I made mistakes I didn’t deserve the consequences of his poor choices. We feel freedom in our forced divorces that has offered us more growth and joy than we ever thought was possible.

We feel freedom in being able to choose the rest of our story and it’s so much better.

Thank you Mark for choosing me and proving to me that THIS is a family and partnership. THIS is how it was always meant to be.