Who Is Bella?

I'm married to my best friend, who I've been with for over 10 years, Mr. Bella. We have been married for nearly 5 years and have been trying to start our family for the past 13 months or so. I'm a planner, and Mr. Bella is an easygoing, go-with-the-flow type of person. He's extroverted and speaks his mind. I'm more introverted and keep a lot of things inside. He jokes around a lot. I'm naturally more serious. In a lot of ways, we're complete opposites, and I think that's why we're so perfect for each other. I'm what he's not, and he's what I'm not. We waited to get married because I wanted us both to be completely done with school, with jobs in our respective career fields. Mr. Bella would've been happy getting married younger, and figuring it out as we went along. We waited to try to have children because I wanted us to own our own house first, and be financially stable. Mr. Bella would've been content having kids a lot younger, and again, figuring it out as we went along.

As you can probably imagine, Mr. Bella and I have had some differences of opinion over the years, as to how to go through life and make decisions. We're on the exact same page right now, though. We are ready to have a family. I almost have to laugh sometimes when I think about the fact that we waited until the "perfect" time, and then guess what, it's just not happening. I feel like it's some kind of sick joke sometimes, having difficulty conceiving, when the girls on Teen Mom have it so easy (conceiving, that is, I'm not saying their journey as teen mothers is an easy one). One thing I will say, though, is that I am a firm believer that everything happens for a reason. One day, I know I will understand the struggles of what we're going through, and why we're going through it. One day, it will all make sense. One day, this is all going to be worth it.