Babbling Brooke

I talk to much.

Like really, when I go to my husband I tell him every detail of my mind.

But here’s why:

It’s not because I’m trying to criticize or give him a hard time. Or take advantage of what an amazing listener he is. The real reason I talk to him about EVERYTHING is because I know we are in this for the long haul.

If I know that I’m going to be together with this studly, handsome, hunky man FOREVER then that has a huge impact on how I interact with him on a daily basis. 

If I know that we are together forever 

I will tell him when I’m feeling hurt

I will tell him when I’m scared

I will ask him lots of questions when he is upset (and drive him a little crazy)

Because I want to constantly be learning more about US. 

I want to improve our relationship each and every day, every vacation we take, every fight we have. 

Those interactions give us opportunities to learn and grow together. Those stressful situations when we are traveling hundreds and hundreds of miles with three kids in the back seat. Give us LOTS of opportunities to learn about each other. 

When I am reminded that we are in this for the long haul I look at our relationship when its under stress in a different way. I start wondering, “huh maybe in hindsight I could have done that a little differently.” Or “I wonder why that was so stressful for us.” 

We start seeing things differently, our stressful moments as a couple have a different energy behind them. 

It’s not like “Oh here we go again”, we are always fighting, we don’t ever get along its more of a “Huh, I wonder why”? 

So maybe I talk too much but I’m a babbling Brooke because I want to throw it all out on the table so we can sort through, make tiny changes and move forward, together. Me and my big studly honey hand in hand.