A Weaving of Grace: Hard Moments

It is Link Up day! I am excited to share, along with these other sweet ladies, the hardest moments of the first year of marriage.

If you are engaged, or married, we invite you to write on the topics with us and link up your posts. It doesn't matter if you are engaged and planning your big day, are a newlywed, or if you have been married 25 years... All the marital advice contributed, all the better for everyone involved!

Ashley @ It Is What You Make It // Kalyn @ Love.Laughter.HappilyEverAfter // Mallory @ From California to Kansas // Karla @ Forever Newly Wedded // Maggie @ A Weaving of Grace

Samantha @ Designer in Teal // Veronica @ Passion.Pink.Pearls // Kaitlyn @ Wifessionals // Emily @ Newlywed Moments // Callie @ My Something New With You

We look forward to reading about your engaged, newlywed, and marriage journeys! If you have any questions feel free to email Kalyn here.

Today's Topic

Hardest Moments From The First Year

With every great thing, also comes obstacles. Marriage is great. I have spent the last year of my life with my best friend. Truly, JAT is a prime example of God's grace in my life. I, by no means, deserve to be blessed with the man God gave me. But he saw fit and I am forever grateful.

I would be lying if I said the first year of marriage was all roses and smiles. It was not, but it is not as bad as the world makes it out to be. Everyone says that the first year is the hardest, I am not sure if I agree. Yes, we had hard moments but we also had moments full of happiness, and those definitely out weigh the bad. JAT and I are very blessed to do life together. We moved into the marriage transition smoothly. Our "hard moments" are probably not even considered "hard moments" to some.

Top 5 Hardest Moments

1... DISHWASHER. Currently, we are renting a house and we don't have a dishwasher. This my friend may top all other hard moments from our first year.We now both hate washing dishes. IT IS DREADFUL. We have quickly learned that paper products are our friend and it's ok not to use your dishes every day.
2... Another hard moment from the first year was simply mixing two separate lives together. We both grew up watching our families do different things. Then, when the time came for us to do those things together, we each did them differently. Even down to the little things like folding towels and washing dishes.

3... A moment, that I would call challenging, in our first year of marriage was/is communication (this is more my fault). JAT will tell ya that I have a hard time expressing what I am feeling. On a normal day, I will not "let you know" what's up with me. It drives him crazy. I have learned that I HAVE to communicate. If something is bothering/worrying me I need to let him know.

4... Something that I also struggled with during our first year is being content. I blogged about it a little here. I am a planner by nature. I like to know what is coming next and I look forward to those things. God has truly taught me to be content with where we are and what we are doing.

5... Ok..call us 5 years old if you want (we act like it sometimes), but one thing that was surprisingly hard was thinking in terms of two. I know, it seems easy but when you go from I to WE it can, sometimes, be down right hard. JAT and I can no longer think about self or what is best for just me. We both have to make decisions on what would be best for our FAMILY.