A year ago today my husband and I began the journey called marriage. Every new couple adjusts to this new status differently, but when you are a bi-country couple, the obstacles are automatically higher. No matter where you live, one person is always outside of their normal surroundings or home country. Away from family, friends, condo, city and the job that you love. Without all of these things, it requires you to figure out the kind of person you are.
It requires a lot of patience, understanding, listening, and expectation checking. It forces you to be honest about the things that you really need in your life to make you happy, and to let go of the things that just aren't as important.
At the end of the day, or month, or year, I have come away from my experience in a foreign land and in a new relationship status, a little bit wiser. I have realized it is not what you have that defines you and makes you happy. It's who you have in your life.
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