From Desjardins to DeBarros  

January 1, 2023. I journaled for hours on the beach in Jamaica. I proclaimed that I will make it through the new year unaccompanied. I set my transformative goals that by no means included getting married. 

January 31, 2023. Exactly thirty days later, I met the man that gently disturbed these plans. 

January 31, 2024. Exactly one year after meeting the man that accompanied me through all the things I intended to do solo. The man that embraced my transformation goals as his own. The man that cried with me while we healed together. The man that empowered me to embrace all the things that make me, me. Exactly one year later and this man is now my husband. 

We celebrated the day we met today. We laughed at the fact that we only made it through one month of the new year single, as intended. This year we made a conscious decision to go into the new year as a married couple. 

January 1, 2024. I married the love of my life.