Day 3

My first love.

Well I have a lot of first loves.

My first romantic love? R.J. He was my high school boyfriend. I did love him. We grew up together. One of us a little more than the other, but still together no less. We met when I was a sophomore and he was a senior. He pursued me more than I did him, and he was hella hot so I was hella flattered. ;) I remember that at one of my choir concerts he showed up late in his dirty baseball uniform and all of the girls were whispering trying to figure out who he was and I was so excited to exclaim that he was mine. haha! I honestly learned how to love when I dated him. I learned about jealousy and trust and happiness and hurt. An experience I wouldn't trade for anything. It helped me be who I am today.

Day 2

The story behind my blog name:

My blog was created as an outlet for my feelings and frustrations in a horrible marriage. I originally started it with no intent of sharing with anyone else. I was internalizing way too much and needed to release and this was my way. It was living a daily rollercoaster of a life. One minute we'd be happy and normal and the next would be such an extreme opposite. Little did I know that the true rollercoaster was yet to come. :) Sometimes I like to look back at those horrible posts simply to remind myself how strong of a person I am to have made it where I am.

I like to give this little breakdown of my life for those unaware of the rollercoaster I actually lived. All of the following events have happened in the past 5 years of my life:

Graduated college

Started a new job

Got married

Moved into a new apartment

Bought a car

(all of those things happened within 60 days)

Bought a puppy

Bought a house

Moved into the house all by myself

Started a new job

Bought another puppy

Bought our third puppy

Moved in with my parents

Got divorced

Got my own apartment

Started dating someone (with two kids)

Moved to Pittsburgh

Started a new job

Got pregnant

Got married

Had a baby

And here we are :)

Day 1

My name is Rebeca Sue. My first name was after my dad's ex-girlfriend (my mother is a very patient woman ;) ) and my middle name is after my mother's middle name. I am 5'7" with light brown hair and blue eyes. I have a beautiful 11 week old daughter named Reese, an 8 year old step-daughter named Victoria and a 4 (almost 5) year old step-daughter named Gabriella. They keep me extremely busy at all times but happier than I ever knew possible. Here are 15 facts about me:

1-I LOVE my middle name. My grandpa calls my mom Susie and my Little Susie and it is the most special thing I've ever been called.

2-I was married and divorced all before I turned 25.

3-My 25th birthday was the best birthday of my life thus far.

4-While I now have my own family, I still consider my parents and siblings to be "my family" more often than my daughters and husband. It's weird to think I'm a mother in the same way my mom is one.

5-I miss my maternal grandmother every day of my life. She'd be so in love with Reese.

6-I hate my body. Every thing about it except my eyes.

7-I used to hate chocolate but now I find myself craving it.

8-It's no secret to anyone but I LOVE the Grinch. In fact, I have an unhealthy obsession with it.

9-I didn't fall in love with my daughter until she was about 9 weeks old. Now, I can't get enough of her.

10-My husband makes me laugh every single day.

11-The thought of March Madness gets me excited - even in December.

12-I hate our apartment.

13-I never want to be pregnant again but I want to go through labor even though it was excruciating pain.

14-I am scream-from-the-mountain-tops proud of myself for giving birth with no pain medications whatsoever. I am part of the small 2% of women at the hospital that have.

15-I have a scab on my scalp that I've had since 7th grade. I've never let it completely heal.