Sometimes you have to do things that scare you.

For our 1^st year anniversary Dan and I did a whirlwind trip to Vegas & Zion. It was a much needed 5 days away from all our many stresses. Holidays are usually stressful ,this one was more so with us having a full house with both our families for Christmas and to top it off on Christmas Eve we found out that I will be needing a D&C to try and get my hormone levels back to zero… after everything we had been through this year we really need a nice vacation away from it all… and we sure lived it up! We had amazing food & wine in Vegas while we saw 2 great shows (O and Love)... we hiked Red Rock Canyon just outside of Vegas- it’s absolutely breathtaking and I recommend it to anyone going to Vegas. And then we went to Utah to spend 3 days in Zion National Park… The Beauty there is indescribable… after hiking the top of the canyon on the first day, our 2^nd day was spent hiking the semi-frozen river in the Narrows of the park. The narrows is exactly what it sounds like, this very narrow canyon filled with huge canyon walls and this amazing river. To get through it you have to wade through rapids, and zig zag across it trying to get to the small areas of white sand. Although it was quite cold while we were there (it was barely 20 degrees when we started out!) we were able to stay if not warm at least mostly comfortable in these dry suits. It’s kinda amazing how you can be thigh deep in roaring rapids and completely dry! Your feet do get wet, but with 2 layers of booties on by the time the water gets to you  it is actually quite warm, and not the 32 degrees that it is before it seeps through your layers. I would like to say I was able to navigate the river with natural ease and fearlessness, but the reality for most of it I was quite petrified! But sometimes in life you have do just jump in and do things that scare you. For me it was a moment when I got stuck, knee deep in the water, halfway across the river. I tried to go forward but every time I would get thrown sideways and could barely keep standing. So I would try and go backwards but I would have the same results. So there I was just stuck with no way of getting across… and I’m not gonna lie, it was very scary. But somehow Dan remained calm, found a good footing and reached across, grabbed my hand and pulled me back to safe ground. It was a moment of pure trust, on both our parts. The wrong move could have thrown us both fully into the frozen river. But we landed on our two feet, together. Like we always do. That’s the thing about marriage. Life is gonna throw you a curve every now and them, and sometimes you seem to be knee deep in a river with no way of getting to the other side. But you just need to take a deep breath, and trust your partner. And maybe next time we will end up falling into the river, but even then I will know that we will be able to get each other through. No matter what happens.