Having a newsletter and podcast where you lay snapshots of your life bare is a funny thing. We share snippets of our lives with each other and with you, our dear community. And though the relationship is technically one-sided, we feel the embrace of love and encouragement from our readers and listeners every time we offer up a piece of ourselves.
Two Fridays ago, on June 28, I (Emma) got engaged to Adam, my partner of 5+ years! It was the kind of proposal that felt true to our relationship — it wasn’t too fussy or too cliche or too earnest — and we got to bask in the joy right afterwards with some of our closest family and friends. Honestly, it was a perfect night, full of love and adrenaline rushes and disposable cameras and giant white bows. (No I didn’t know I was getting engaged, and yes I did show up to the proposal in a white dress! My friend Liv did some very smart scams to get me into it. More on that in our podcast discussion.)
It only felt right that, after cultivating a rela…
