A LOVE STORY

Hello hellooooooo,

Welcome back! Thank you for being here. Today’s blog will be extra special because it is about love. My love story. Anyone that knows me knows that I have always been a hopeless romantic… until I wasn’t. Not that I don’t believe in a beautiful kind of love and in these fairytale-like love stories, they can definitely exist, but I find that over the years I have let go of the idea of idealizing love and focused more on just feeling it. What does it mean to be a hopeless romantic? For those of you that haven’t heard of this term before, according to Google- a hopeless romantic is someone who has a deeply idealistic view of love and relationships, often believing in grand gestures, soulmates, and happily ever afters, sometimes to the point of being unrealistic.

I still consider myself a huge believer of love and finding “your person,” however I try and keep it more realistic and staying opened to the idea that there may be multiple people in this lifetime that will feel like your “soulmate.” Whenever I meet someone with whom I feel like I have a strong romantic connection with, I try to not set any expectations on the relationship, releasing any form of attachment, and try to focus more on just enjoying the romantic connection for what it is in that specific moment.

I will give you some context of what my dating journey has been like, up until this present moment.

I started dating at age 15. Young love, high school sweethearts, my first in everything, the "perfect love story”… until it wasn’t. At age 21, we decided to get married. Our marriage only lasted 2 years. It ended because of many reasons, but primarily because I fell out of love with this person. We were very young and began to grow apart. Our differences eventually brought us to a point where things became very toxic, there was domestic abuse involved, cheating, and it all went from this fairytale love story, to one of the most traumatic events I have ever experienced in my life. It was a true nightmare. Going through a divorce at such a young age has definitely been one of my biggest blessings in disguise. It taught me so much resilience and it taught me of what I am deserving of and to never let anyone manipulate/control me. It taught me to set high standards for myself and my future relationships. It taught me about self-love and self-respect. It molded me to become the strong fearless woman I am today and for that reason, I wouldn’t change a thing about my past because it led me to where I am now.

Shortly after my divorce, I began dating someone who was already a part of my life. I didn’t give myself enough time to heal. Even though we had such an “on and off” relationship and it was not the healthiest, I really did end up falling in love with this person. We dated for about 3-4 years, and eventually decided to break things off when we both realized we were not the best for each other. We stayed friends and after a few years, we lost contact.

It didn’t take long after this break up for me to start dating again. I met someone who I ended up dating for only a short period of time. This relationship lasted about a year and it was during covid time. I call it my covid relationship (lol)… It was a bit more stable, we had some differences of course, but it was the first time where I felt safe and secure. This person was someone who inspired me to become my best version. I began taking better care of my overall health and also started replacing “bad” habits for better ones.

So after this relationship ended, I decided to take a break from dating and to focus on reconnecting with myself and my own passions again. This was the year I began traveling. I planned my first birthday trip out of the country, later that year I also embarked on my first backpacking trip around México, and basically stayed single for that entire year. Dating and being in a relationship was not in my list of priorities.

I was hoping things would stay this way for a few more years, but life always has a different plan for you. By the beginning of the following year, I was on my 30th birthday trip in Colombia, which had always been on top of my list of places to visit. Such a beautiful country. I was living my best life out there. Little did I know that I would be meeting up with an old friend there and connecting on a romantic level. I ended up extending my stay in Colombia to spend more time with this person and we ended up becoming a couple soon after this trip. This was my first long distance relationship. To be honest, it was not the ideal situation, but we both talked about it being this way only for a short period of time and were hoping that eventually we could make it work. We had big plans for the future. I was willing to relocate eventually to make this relationship work. I fell very deeply in love, but as the months went by, I realized that we were not the best at communicating and that led me to break things off.

It broke my heart to end this relationship, but there was something in me, a deeper calling, whispering to me that I had to let it go. Even though I was very much in love, I just couldn’t handle the long distance factor and it seemed that the Universe had other plans for the both of us.

So what happened next?????????

Two and a half years later….

I found love again. I fell in love with dating myself, I fell in love with my dreams and goals, I fell in love with having free time to do as I wish, I fell in love with yoga and sharing my practice with others around the world, I fell in love with being back at home close to my family, I fell in love with being single. Falling in love with all of the past versions and this current version of myself has been the most magical journey. The best kind of love I have ever experienced.

I have shifted my focus and energy in creating the life of my dreams, and I’m still working on it every day. Creating better habits, spending my time and energy in things that truly bring me joy and help nurture my soul. I still travel, but I do it in a more conscious way, making it more intentional. Taking care of my health and spending time with my family are my main priorities. I strongly believe that all of my past relationships have helped in my self-transformation and self-growth. Forever grateful for all of the wonderful humans I have crossed paths with in this beautiful lifetime.

GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE THAT CAUSED ME TO LOVE MYSELF MORE.

So if you have read this far, thank you for your time and I hope that you find a love so pure and real, just what you deserve and are worthy of. I hope that you are able to see that the love already exists within you, and to romanticize being the love of your life.

Also, in case you’re wondering ;)

As of this moment, I am currently in a beautiful partnership, which came to me in the most unexpected and magical way. We just recently made it official and I am so smitten by this man and all the love he gives me! I am looking forward to life with him and all the adventures we will share together. Cheers to this new chapter in my novel.

QUE VIVA EL AMOR! 💕💕💕