This blog is an experiment, something entirely new to me. I have a story that is not easy to write down because it spans nearly 16 years. It is a love story, it is a hard story, it is a true story. It is about friendship, loyalty, pain, enduring unshakable love, sacrifice and new beginnings…This is my Learning Curve. This is taking just one deep breath at a time to get through one moment. One moment… one breath that will lead to the next. This is how I get through my days now. This is how I am making my path and writing my story. One breath, one hope, one day at a time. So, here goes nothing.

The Middle of the Beginning is where I have begun this story. I am a 34 year old American woman living in Glasgow Scotland. Nothing so special there, there are a lot of Americans here. I am here because I am engaged to a Scottish man, nothing unique there either. But how I got to where I am and why being engaged and living in Scotland is something that may be interesting, inspiring, helpful or just silly entertainment for people…well, that is unique.

This blog will be full of daily goings on in the life of a workaholic who is not allowed to work. It will be about me and how I am adjusting to living in a new country and finding my way…maybe even finding myself. I will try to go into as much detail as I can about visa applications, marriage in a foreign country and eventually finding a job but I am not claiming to be an expert. I am just a girl trying to figure it out. I thought doing this might be helpful for me, to actually write it all down so I can see what I have accomplished so far. I am going to share everything from how I am really learning to cook to making new friends, as well as Shopping Size Hell and allowing myself to be still. I hope that this is as good for people as it will be for me. This is my contribution, this is my beginning even though it starts in the middle of it all… Welcome to my Learning Curve…and…Exhale.  x heather