Let’s just say… the ring fit.
But nothing else did.
June 13, 2014. I was at a wedding without my fiancé.
I had picked up the ring from the jeweler before flying back to Cincinnati, and was wearing it like I’d just been handed the final rose on The Bachelorette.
Nobody knew that behind the “Paris proposal” and the champagne smiles… something felt off.
Not dramatic, not catastrophic… just off.
A week after the wedding, two martinis deep with my best friends from high school—"So… how was Paris?”
Cue the waterworks.
I didn’t even know what was wrong. I just knew something wasn’t right.
That moment became a turning point—one of many.
Chapter 3 of Chasing the Carat—Shiny Objects—is live today.
Read it now, by clicking on MY STORY.
If you’ve ever kept smiling while something inside you whispered “this isn’t it”…
You’re not broken. You’re not dramatic.
You’re just waking up.
And that means something better is finally on its way.