Hey, babes. Thanks for coming! I appreciate you so much for wanting to get to know a little bit about my life! Sooo, where do I start? My name is Nicole, but my close friends call me Nic.
I am happily married and we just celebrated our one year anniversary. I have two bonus babes, and I just birthed a beautiful baby boy last fall. Before all of those fun things, though! – I was a girl born and raised in New York who was living in Florida. Boy, what a time it was.
Let’s talk background. Well, I didn’t live in the city of New York. But compared to where I live now, you could definitely call it the city. I graduated with a graduating class of 650 students. Where I live now, that’s literally an entire school. So, yeah. It’s a very different feel, to say the least. Everyone knows everyone, everyone is connected somehow. I’ve been here three years and still have people who I have never seen before, approach me, saying they know my husband or his family. WEIRD. I feel like if you know exactly where I was raised and spent most of my life, you’re probably thinking: “meh, I could say that about there, too.” Well, maybe. But not on this scale. I promise. Not that I think they’re weird, just to clarify. It just definitely gives someone from New York who was taught to keep your business, well your business — an unsettling feeling. Although, I swear I haven’t met a mean person who’s done this. Something else I learned. Okay, no shade. But pageants. Like, I mean local, county fair pageants: well, they’re a thing? Okay so far off the focus, but you get the picture.
Born and raised in New York. I have an older and younger brother. Yes, I have always suffered from middle child syndrome, in case you were wondering. If you’re not familiar – always fighting for attention, usually feeling left out or out of place, the list goes on. My home family dynamic has of course its own quirks and dysfunction. My parents aren’t together and haven’t been since I was 18? Each are in a happy relationship and we love that for them. Don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t always that way, but we’ll chat more about that later.
After 23 years in New York, I left my home to live in Florida. It was a whirlwind and I don’t regret a minute of the seven years I lived there. I think that if I never moved there, the direction of my life would’ve been quite different in so many aspects. I attended nursing school there and got my RN license there. I was engaged, married and divorced there. So much of my adult life took place in Florida *cue TS.* Fast forward, seven years and I’ve relocated once again to the Midwest.
So to recap: married, divorced, remarried, moved across the country twice, became a bonus mom, became a bio mom. So if you’re interested in connecting about any of those things, I’m about to hit em all! When my life was going full speed ahead at 10000 mph, I have to tell you, I wanted anything that told me I wasn’t alone. I wanted some sort of community. There are so many emotions that you face in these aspects of life and I feel like they’re just not talked about enough. So many women suffer in silence, or don’t talk about things for various reasons. This could be for fear of scrutiny, or honestly sometimes attempting to connect with those around us may cause conflict in those relationships. Not to say it’s all “suffering”– because it’s not. But sometimes even the celebrations can’t be too loud. And honestly, that sucks.
So let’s cry, let’s laugh, and let’s just talk about it. Xo
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