My job is 24/7 and it drains the hell out of me, but I wouldn’t change a day of what I do. My phone can ring at 3:00 a.m. and I am as professional then as I am at 9:00 a.m. I get it, people don’t just have issues between nine and five. Their stuff goes on twenty-four hours a day and I am very well paid to be on call. I am “The Connector,” otherwise known as a Life and Relationship Coach.
I am blessed to have several long-termed clients, and I hold seminars across the country. So, when Jase gets bent out of shape about my time, I always move things around to accommodate his tantrums. Jase and I have been married twenty-six years and despite our successful careers and lucrative incomes, we have always assumed a very simple lifestyle. I’ve agreed to it more so for his sake than mine. He is just not interested, as he says, in being pretentious and I have never been turned on by labels, brand names, and “the look.” Don’t get me wrong, though, we are comfortable, and we live well, just not over the top. Jase is the love of my life and I knew it the day I met him. We have this amazing relationship that has been nurtured over the years by God’s grace. We are a spiritual couple who loves to laugh, pray and play. Yes, this marriage is of God’s doing! This is not to say that it hasn’t come with some very real challenges. Jase and I make conscious decisions to “fight for us” in everything that comes our way. I chuckle as I think back to two nights before our wedding. Jase and I were out to dinner and I remember having had a couple of Long Island ice teas. We were so in love and so excited about our wedding. Jase reached over and gently rubbed my hand and said, “I am only marrying once. You are committing to a lifetime.” I simply responded, “Divorce is not an option.”
A Mind Sip 