Messy and Blessed - Choose your Happiness

Life is messy. It just is. But, if you choose to see messy as a negative…you will never see how blessed this life can really be.

I can say without a doubt that I live my life with no regrets. I have amazing friends and family, a good job with colleagues, team and bosses who have gone above and beyond (especially recently), a beautiful home, a great husband (most days lmao c’mon - what would we be without a lil humor and shade thrown at the hubs), two beautiful and perfectly imperfect daughters. What’s not to love?

I have had a lot going on in my life lately…and thought it was a good time (since the dust has settled on some things) to talk about some of the things that people just don’t talk about, don’t talk ENOUGH about, don’t know about and so much more.

I most certainly do not pretend or put on a front that my life is perfect - which includes my marriage, kids and relationships. It is far from it…but I happen to think that I have a beautiful, messy life that I am so blessed to be a part of.

So if you don’t know me - most people call me Christina or Chrissy - but I have many nicknames that include, but are not limited to: Mom, Mommy, Mama, Stina, XTina, Xtini, Snuffy, Ziggy, Aunt Ziggy, Nona Nina, Aunt Chrissy, Aunt Christina, ChrissyE, Chrissaaaaaay, Chris, and likely more I cannot think of.

I grew up in Wappingers Falls, NY. Graduated Roy C. Ketcham High School. Graduated SUNY Plattsburgh with a Bachelors in Marketing. Moved to Long Island in 2004 right after college and got my first job there. I lived there for 12 years…moved 5 times within Nassau County, LI and lived in 4 towns before moving back ‘home’ to Poughkeepsie in 2016, 7 months pregnant and with my hubby by my side.

I'm currently a Marketing Automation Specialist and I work from home. There are times I don't even get up from my desk to eat or drink and I think the pandemic has made a lot of people realize that it's not a joke to work from home. It takes a lot of discipline and focus. There are days I definitely miss any type of commute or going into the office...but it does make things with the kids easier.

Kev and I were married at 29 years old in 2010 and will celebrate out 10 year anniversary next year which will also be our 40th birthdays as well. We had a kick@$$ wedding we weren’t sure how it would go since I had emergency gall bladder surgery 10 days before our wedding lol.

We have two beautiful daughters who we couldn’t be more lucky to have been blessed with. They love each other and you can see it in them every day. They really are good kids with the typical things that come with having children. They are smiley, happy and good 90% of the time and that’s not even an exaggeration. They come with the usual frustrations, stress and tantrums that we all have with babies and toddlers. Mom life is hard…and mom shaming/judgement belongs nowhere. 

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