• Our Journey

    Plotting Our Move to Nashville – Part 1

    The plane ride home to San Diego gave us a chance to reflect on this life-changing step we were contemplating. I first thumbed through a few pamphlets and town brochures I collected during our stay (including a guide of Franklin). Then, I drafted a pros and cons list of moving to Tennessee, followed by a pros and cons list of staying in San Diego.

  • A Leap of Faith,  Our Journey

    Trading Pina Coladas for Jack-n-Cokes

    Five months into our new marriage, the world was sent home in the midst of the pandemic in 2020. The uncertainty terrified me. The news was always on, magnifying the fear, and I was one of those people who wore gloves and disinfected the groceries after our trips to the store. Brady was never shaken like I was, and while at first I thought he was crazy, after a few months of lockdowns and mandatory mask wearing outdoors and the closure of beaches and parks, my fear slowly started to wear off into curiosity.