From Toxic relationship to my own family

Here’s my story... At the beginning of 2016 at 16, I was in a very unhealthy relationship. No one approved of it, so I was hiding it and without going into too much detail it was just crazy. I had wanted out of the relationship, but every time I got out he would guilt me back in because I was the girl who couldn’t hurt anyone or say no. My inability to say no and possibly hurt someone’s feeling was developed from a very rough childhood and he knew this and used this against me. This relationship was about to be over though. One day at church I overheard my step-mom and her best friend talking about who they saw me being with in the future, they happened to mention a guy I had never really thought about as an option. My step-mom’s friend decided she was going to stir the pot a little bit and decided to tell his mom that I liked him. At first I was like:

I had a boyfriend, I had never had a crush on the guy they said I did, and they started a whole ordeal because now he thought I liked him. But, two weeks later I finally got out of the toxic relationship and I started talking to the new guy who already thought I liked him at this point. And... we hit it off right away!

We have known each other since I was 8, but never had a full conversation until then. After only a week of talking we started dating. I thought it was crazy and I would constantly feel guilty about leaving my ex because he would post stuff about being depressed and message me about how bad it was, but when I was with my new guy I forgot about all my problems and trust me that’s a lot to forget. 😂 In September 2016, at 17 I got engaged to this amazing man.

(My face is horrible... I have no idea what it was doing)

His name is Patrick III and on March 18, 2017 just 17 days after my 18th birthday I became his Mrs!! He is my actual lifesaver if God had not sent me him, I don’t know where I would be.

January 18, 2018 I gave birth to our handsome baby boy, Patrick IV:

Our little redhead is now 14 weeks and 1 day and he’s going to be a big brother! We found out April 12 that I’m pregnant with our second child we are blessed beyond belief, but also very nervous about 2 under 1 as I’m due December 22. No matter what though we are so so happy and I’m healthier mentally and physically then I’ve been in a long time. ❤️❤️