A Whole New World

In a few short weeks I will be making the biggest venture of my life. So many questions to answer, choices to make, fears to conquer and joys to appreciate.

I get to fall in love all over again and I get to feel a relationship grow. I get to go through the firsts and encourage happiness to envelop us. I get to figure us out and find out even more. I get to experience the love that has been on hold, waiting so patiently, for us to take it and teach it how to soar.

I will become part of a new culture, a new beginning and a new world. I will need to get used to the gestures, the dialogue, the food. I need to focus on the ability to adapt that we all have and strengthened it. I look forward to every moment and everything I learn. I will carry a notebook around like its my job and I will write all of my struggles, and accomplishments, and new ideas down so that this learning experience won't just be mine, but ours.

I am excited about the military aspects of my new life. I have skimmed the surface of it but haven't had to dive too deep. I am thrilled for the highs and lows of a relationship that will be mine again. There is so much to learn, so much to plan, so much to accomplish and at this point I have 3 short months. But we will come on top--with a plan, with an action, with a dream.

I will focus on being a better Ashley, not a different Ashley but a stronger Ashley. I want to take this opportunity to make my eyes open a little wider, learn a little more and understand a little stronger. I know that there is plenty that I will need to fix and more that I will need to relax on and this just might be the spark to my continued growth. Maybe I will learn to roll with the punches a little smoother and be all the more comfortable in my skin.

I will write as much as I can.

I will live a completely different lifestyle. Full of applying for jobs, working out, learning to cook different foods and playing housewife.  Living life as daily as I can and accomplishing the little things in life that I tend to put off for the greater good.


This life, that I will start in only a matter of weeks, will be life changing, on so many levels I don't know where to begin and I don't have to. As it starts, I know it will be amazing and I look forward to everything that is in store.

I can't wait for the adventure of my life to begin.