Redefining "Power Couple"

Most people think of Jay Z and Beyonce or Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, and even the Obamas. But despite the definition for "power couple" you'll see below, I'm here to tell you that's exactly what I feel like daily with my husband!

power couple - a couple both of whom have high-powered careers or are politically influential (the freedictionary.com)

Ok, so Emerald and I have neither the high powered careers or political influence. But as my husband was up with our daughter the other night, holding her hair as she was puking over the toilet, and cleaning up as I put her back to bed, I couldn't help to feel like a power couple.

A different kind of power couple. A couple with a "High-power" in our lives. Most of you have heard me refer to us as Team George, and as a team we are not 50/50. In a team we should be 100/100! Its with that mentality that our marriage has been able to flourish. Day in and day out I can count on him to pick up my slack, and vice versa.

If you're going to keep score of who does what for the family, or the relationship, that will always bring a big fight. What I have learned in marriage, is that 2 do become 1. United in one purpose, one goal, one mentality. We are working together not to see who can do more but to accomplish together what's best for our marriage, our kids, and God's purpose in our lives.

My husband shows me daily is that sacrificial love God shows us. Truly patient, truly kind and not self seeking. As a man, he takes the leadership role always looking for the best interest of our family. He's not afraid to do Emeli's hair, or hold the kids for shot appointments cause I'm too scared to see them cry, or sweep and mop when I'm busy working on school projects, or simply just exhausted. I have learned to trust his leadership.

In return I have been able to work on becoming his suitable helper. To see his need of support and encouragement as he works hard day in and day out without complaining. I have learned to serve him, love him, and respect him.

Our marriage has not been perfect and don't ever expect any to be. Despite the messiness and weaknesses and cracks in our marriage, God has empowered us. And with growing pains, we have experienced growth. Marriage is meant to kill our selfishness and bring humility. It is meant to change us and bring us closer to one another. We have to remain open to change and know that we are not done.

After 10 years of marriage, I realize I'm not looking for him to fix me or make me happy, I just want him to walk with me through it all! And that's the beauty of the power couple- walking together through the ugly in life....for richer or poorer,in good and in bad, in sickness and in health.

In the past couple of months I have been able to feel like I'm on a winning team, a power couple. With his support to take on this blog, new fitness adventure, and even juggling volunteering at school. We have set personal goals and goals to accomplish together and are ready to tackle them Together.

Like ME!

How many likes will this get? Living in the social media age we live in, its often a question we ask before posting anything. A thought, our lunch, a new outfit, or an accomplishment in school or our career. Last week in school, my son was nominated to run for president of his kindergarten class as they learned about president's day. When he came home he told me he wasn't sure if they liked him and would vote for him. Of course, with me, that sparked a life conversation with him. "Not everyone is going to like you Manny, and that's ok!". I could even hear my moms voice in my head (in Spanish of course) telling me the very same thing growing up. I had to reassure him that all he could do was keep being the Emmanuel he is. With all his knowledge, likes, dislikes, habits, and mannerisms that are individual to him; he has to know he doesn't need anybody's approval to be just that. (except his parent's right now, but authority is another topic). I...

What's on your mind?

This is a question most of us face daily upon opening our social media apps such as Facebook. And exactly what is on our mind... What are we thinking? What thoughts fill our minds daily? Besides the tasks at hand such as working, taking care of family, and all our to-dos, what are you spending time meditating on? I'm sure you've heard it before. The mind is a battlefield, and its true. Think before you speak. And even in Proverbs 23: 7, we see "For as he thinks in his heart, so is he." like the thoughts in our heads, those that no one hears or know are what determines and makes up who we are. Most of the actions, decisions, battles, troubles, start in our minds. Our thoughts determine our actions, our reactions and sometimes our inaction. As I talk to people, I truly discover that the way we think molds who we are and what comes out of us. Lets discover some of the things that infiltrate our minds if we let them. 1) Me- It is a fact, that no one thinks of y...

New Me

Today, marks 8 years since my life was radically changed. It was this day that I realized two things::: Only God could love me wholly and perfectly, and there was no mistake I'd made that was too big for forgiveness....and it's the same forgiveness He'd want me to have with others. I celebrate this day because prior to this I wasn't really living... I was a slave to me and my selfish ways and years of doing things our way clearly wasn't working. At this point in my life I thought I'd be a 21 year old divorced single mother who would have to live in shame and guilt of ruining her own marriage..... But God.... He wasn't done. And He meant it all for good. He had started a work in my heart and my husband and was orchestrating these series of events that would lead us to Him.... Repentance and each other with a love newer and purer than before. A couple weeks ago I sat in a room full of women and told my testimony and I vividly remember every tear I ...

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