1)   Go all in---I love when my husband opens a bottle of wine and asks me if we should do something stupid because it usually means that we are about to hold hands, shaking in our boots, risk everything, and jump off a cliff into the next chapter of our life.  It has been our willingess to "go all in" that has helped to propel us forward in the life we have been building together.

 

2) Embrace the consequences--My life has been very blessed but it didn't happen by accident.  I made big choices and small choices along the way and have embraced the consequences.  Pushing fear aside to build the life I want has brought me consequences that it is a joy and privilige to embrace.

 

3) Man down in need of back up....I shout down the hall to signal to my husband that we have just run into what we affectionately call a "two person" diaper.  When you are having a poopy day or week, revel in the small victories and the people in your life--The best times of my life have been spent fully prsent in the small moments that remind you why it is all worth it.