06/14/2026
Right before this picture, we had the biggest fight of our entire relationship.
12 days in Europe. Germany, Switzerland, Lake Como. Our anniversary trip (11 years married,) 15 years together.
And somewhere in the middle of all of it⦠we ended up on the Autobahn.
For about a minute, my husband hit a speed I never want to think about again. (Iāll just say it was way past what most of us would ever consider safe.
And yes itās legal there. Still not okay with me. Iām sweating writing this.)
What most people donāt know about him is that heās a trained race car driver. So this was a moment heād waited his whole life for. Driving with not speed limit on the autobahn
For me? Completely different story.
I was white-knuckled. Gripping the door. Yelling at him to slow down. Fully convinced something terrible was about to happen in a rental car in a country where I donāt speak the language.
It was a real fight. The kind that doesnāt get cute and resolved in an hour.
And Iām not going to pretend itās funny now because the truth is, people lose their lives on the road every single day. I will never be casual about that. Not for him. Not for anyone.
But hereās what 15 years has taught us.. we communicate. Not perfectly. Not always in the moment. But eventually.
He gets why I was terrified.
I get what that moment meant to him.
Both things can be true. And both of us got to actually be right.
itās not about never fighting. Itās about being able to come back to each other and actually talk, even when youāre still upset.
11 years married. 15 years together. We still fight. We still choose each other.
This weekās podcast is the whole adventure⦠12 days, 3 countries, castles, lakes, vineyards, the hard moments the funny ones, & the beautiful ones.
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