Because Today, We Are Happy.

It's safe to say that some of my most popular blog posts are the ones in which 

I am a raging bitch, or I'm having another quarter life crisis - usually about hockey.

Examples:

Life Lately, According To My Third Glass Of Wine Living The (hockey) Life .. Walking On Thin Ice Mrs. Bitchy McBitch It's A Hockey Player Eat Hockey Player Hockey World Confession: I Google My Fiance When Is It Going To Be Our Fucking Turn? Retiring From Hockey I Am Not The Same Person Having Seen The Moon Shine On The Other Side Of The World
It's been really wonderful over the past two and a half years to receive emails from follow hockey wives and girlfriends, most of whom I have never even met before, who thank me for putting their thoughts into words, and for being their friend who "gets it", when their friends back home simply can't understand the life that we live. 

Some of my favorite emails have come from hockey fans who have thanked me for giving them an insiders peek of what our "hockey life" is like - one person told me that I have given a real face and a real family and real feelings to a game and it's transactions. Those words are humbling. 

Humbling, because I'm just a simple girl who doesn't know all that much about hockey, and because TJ is just a minor pro player. We aren't really all that special. But our story that I share here has connected us with some really amazing people.

And I love writing posts like the ones that I mentioned above.

They are freeing.

But to be truthful, those posts were fucking exhausting. 

It's scary to put your thoughts and emotions onto a chopping block like that.

Something that makes me almost sad about what my blog has become is that I know what keeps people coming back for more...I know that I have to share or say a little bit too much to cause conversation. 

Because really, there is no point in me keeping this space active if people aren't interested in reading what I have to say...but are people only interested in our story when we're in an unhappy situation? 

Sometimes, it feels like it.

But I hope that my feelings are wrong.

Because Today, We Are Happy.

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