non-traditional

It's safe to say that I'm a non-traditional type. I'm not sure when this rebellion started, but I have been fighting against tradition for quite some time now. I like to chalk it up to my straight laced k-12 years. I was the epitome of a goody-good. I didn't have a sip of alcohol until I was 18 years old. I enrolled in a local University after Highschool and didn't apply anywhere else because I had a boyfriend and that's what you were "supposed" to do. I also joined the cross-country track team which didn't last long and was the beginning of my changed life. I followed that bold move up with breaking up with my boyfriend of four years and enrolling in a University that wasn't in my hometown.

That one decision single handedly wrote the story of my life up to now. I met my husband there. Now this is where things get scandalous, so pay close attention to the sequence of events: I dated him for 5 years, got pregnant (2008), gave birth the best part of our lives (2009), Pat moved to Belfast for a year, moved to Calgary and got married (2010), and now we are having a reception in my hometown in July!

We did all of this before we even owned a home. Is that weird? It doesn't really feel weird, but I think some people might think its a bit backwards. I don't regret any of it because obviously I wouldn't have my family if things hadn't gone the way they had. I'm not saying traditional isn't great. I think traditional and non-traditional both have a place in this world.

If I ever have any doubt about my non-traditional ways, I just take a glance at my daughter because she's anything but traditional...

enough said.