New Beginnings

It's getting colder…but those are just the seasons changing. The seasons are mother nature's rhythms of life, like how your chest rises and falls as your breathe. Normally I dread the cold, but now I'm excited for this cozier weather because it means my newly wed husband and I have to snuggle just a little closer at night. It's definitely an interesting change of pace for me. I had become so accustomed to single life with fleeting lover's flings. I was comfortable in my solitude even while hoping and wishing to find the one for me. I had no idea that during one of the coldest darkest months of my life where my heart had been unexpectedly robbed last year that I'd meet the man I was fated to marry. My husband and I first met on Christmas day, so it's a holiday filled with magic and destiny for us.  This Christmas will be the 1 year anniversary to the day we met…crazy I know, we've been married for 3 months already and haven't even known each other for a year. Some cultures believe if you spend Christmas with your crush, your red strings of fate will become intertwined. Perhaps that is what happened, and became the beginning of our life journey together...

This time next year my husband and I will be strolling the streets of Paris all lit up with holiday spirits! It's one of the advantages of being an army wife. I get to see the world, and quite inexpensively! I am preparing for my voyage to Germany, where I will live in a quiet town tucked away in the mountains near the German-Italian border for 3 years.  I am excited and nervous at the same time. I have never been so far away from my family before, but I feel comfort in knowing that my husband - my best friend, my partner in mischief & adventure, is going to be there with me.  It'll be a spectacular time for exploration and a romantic adventure of sorts.  I couldn't imagine anyone else I'd rather travel the world with!

I'll be leaving my cancer research job to become an adventurous traveling housewife. I'm looking forward to sneaking across the border to Italy to buy gifts from my favorite designers! I think my life in Germany will be a great opportunity for me to learn a new language, make new friends, and try things that many people will never get to experience.  Of course I must stay productive - it's my personality to always be busy and working on something that is positive for the future.  I will have plenty of time to focus on growing my fashion-for-charity nonprofit organization and expanding it internationally.  I'm looking forward to coordinating charity fashion events in London, Paris, Rome, and so many more iconic cities in Europe.  I study German everyday so when my husband and I first arrive, we can communicate decently with the locals and navigate our way around.  We're also planning on starting our family in Germany, which is exciting because it'll be a new experience for the both of us since neither of us have any children already!  I'm excited to paint and decorate a small nursery for our new little addition as well as embrace the joys of motherhood. Married life is blissful and certainly an adventure.  Everyday we discover something new about each other, so daily life has unexpected surprises much like our travels.

Until next time…

Love ViVi