One BIG Step

      

          Well, Little Lindsey...in a few months time you will be doing something that you thought would never happen. You will embark on a brand new journey in your life and it's an even that ever since you can remember you have been nervous for. It's opening your life to new experiences and it all happens through this one...massive step. 

You're moving in with your boyfriend.

          Now, I'm not nervous about it anymore. In fact, I'm incredibly excited. But, upon the first conversation you were incredibly unsure. After everything that has happened in your life you felt intimidated and a bit woozy at the thought. But...there's something incredibly different about who you are with now. 

(No that's not a hickey on his neck. You are just surprisingly good at Brazilian Jiu Jitsu which is something he is teaching you.)

          You have been together since last year and in that time you both have been through an incredible amount of life experiences that not many couples get to go through. It's both a blessing and a curse to go through these events together but in the end your relationship is that much stronger. 

          Now, this summer right after you get out of school on April 26th (or something that that), instead of going home to Newport News, Virginia, you will be going to Goldsboro, North Carolina to move in to his apartment. After a while home doesn't feel like home unless he's there and that's how it's suppose to be when you really love someone. 

          He's away at a two week training session right now in Texas and he gets back this weekend but on March 6th he goes away for an eight week training session which means he is gone until the very beginning of May...

Which also means you're doing this "moving in" thing by yourself. 

          He's giving you a key to his apartment, which shows exactly how much he trusts you, and at the end of April you'll be making trips there before school is over to find a job, register for some summer courses to get out of college as soon as possible and start your life, and getting things at the apartment situated. 

          Your family was thrilled...which was shocking. You expected your dad to take it well because he's basically crazy about the guy you're with but your mom was the one you were worried about. Turns out she is pretty damn excited for it too. But then again, all parents are excited when their kids finally take the steps to be independent and get the hell out of their house. This little birdie is leaving the nest and making her own hopefully. When I finish college of course. 

          So, everything is happening really fast but it;s something you are incredibly ready for Little Lindsey. You have taken the time to make sure this is the right decision and it is. Being in love, real love, is scary because you then have to realize that it is actually possible to happily share your life with someone one else. You have to be open to the change or it's never going to come. 

          I think this is the right decision. I think it's a decision that will change my life, our life, for the better. It's a decision that will make a bright future for us. It's scary but it's so incredibly exciting. Life for you is amazing...you just have to be brave enough to make the decisions for YOURSELF, not for anyone else. 

-LNL