It’s been a while since I have visited my blog! I figured I would provide some background into ✨me✨ and where I am at these days. I hope to write more in the coming months as I would love to journal about all the changes in my life. From Washington state to Maine, we have made big moves! More to come on that piece later 😊
So who am I?? I am Kymmie and I was born and raised in Washington state. I grew up visiting the beautiful West Coast beaches and to this day, the Oregon Coast remains a place of comfort and peace. My personal mission is to live a life filled with joy and intention, where I strive to be the best version of myself and make a positive impact on the world. I am passionate about helping people and aim to create meaningful connections with others. I enjoy finding ways to be creative (writing, art, podcasting, etc.), paddle boarding, four wheeling, listening to music, laughing, singing, dancing poorly, and spending time with my little family of three.
My husband and I met when I was eighteen years old and we married two years later. Marrying young was challenging, to say the least. Loving him and making the decision to spend the rest of my life with him was easy. Our first big test in our relationship came when he deployed with the US Navy three months after our marriage. Not only were we starting to figure out married life, we had to figure out how to be together, apart. Opposite schedules made it difficult to communicate but we talked often and remained close with each other. In fact, I consider the deployment a big factor into why our marriage has been so successful. We learned valuable communication skills that have carried us throughout our relationship.
Seven years into our marriage, we had our daughter. Parenting has been the greatest joy and challenge of my life. There’s something about parenting that can show you your flaws and reignite trauma from childhood, while also driving you to be the best version of yourself for the sake of your child. We all do the best we can with the tools we have available at the time, and I like to think that I have acquired many tools in my adult life that have enabled me to be a pretty great mom. Of course, not without the support of my husband. I have done a lot of self-work over the years from reading to meditation to therapy and have identified myself as a Highly Sensitive Person. This self-realization helped me to see this in our daughter as well. It can be challenging at times but there is a lot of beauty in it, too. We are empathetic people with strong emotional connections to our feelings and the feelings of others.
My family and I recently moved to Maine from Washington state to be closer to my husband’s family. When making the tough decision to move away from everything my daughter and I have ever known, I found solace in being on another coast where I would have the opportunity to explore new areas that provide some familiarity of home; crashing waves, salty air, a nearly constant breeze. Things look different in Maine, but I am finding beauty in our new normal.
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