Relationships
From Manic Pixie Dream Girl To Happy Homemaker: How Meeting My Husband Healed My Life
When I first met my husband, I wasn’t prepared for love. After dodging an almost-arranged marriage and witnessing the tumultuous relationships of my parents' generation, I began to doubt if marriage was for me.
By Freda Donnelly4 min read
During my formative years, my mother – a single parent due to my father's murder – raised me until she passed, leaving me orphaned. I wanted happiness but didn’t equate it with marriage, especially because the man I’d been dating right before I met my husband had a secret family. (Obviously, as soon as this information emerged, I put him in my rearview.) I’m writing this piece shortly before celebrating a decade of being with my husband, so what changed? I did.