RaeAnna + A Nerdy Lifestyle
If you're wanting an engagement story, this is about as close to it as you're going to get not directly from my mouth to your ears until I write the fairytale novel that seems to be my life now. What a love story this is. I can't believe I'm lucky enough to be living it with the most extraordinary woman I've ever met.
2023 was quite the year. Nothing went as planned. Normally, this would be terrible, but the reality is I'm the happiest I have ever been because I decided to prioritize myself and make hard decisions that bring me joy, love, adventure, and security.
It's an end of an era. With DD 214 in hand, Alex is leaving the Marines to go home for good today. It may not officially be a military love-story, but there's love and it's a story. The Sergeant is done.
So Long, Jacksonville! I flew in for the first time EXACTLY five years ago today. I'm flying in for, likely, the last time. I was not immediately smitten, but I've grown to love it.
The military has been a part of my life for a long time. I don't crumble at much, but I will during a military movie. What's entertainment for others is a chilling reminder of a plausible reality for the military man in my life.
There are people who make you. There are people who break you. There are very few people who sign up for the good, the bad, the worse, the horrible, the healing. Unconditional love is rare, but I found it in my best friend. Happy Birthday to the other half of the greatest love story of my life.