Eli and I traveled to New York City two years ago on our two-year anniversary trip. I am now blogging this finally two years later… Better late then never right?

Can I let you know a secret? The reason why we started traveling so much is not one most would share. You see I was bedridden for most of our first year of marriage. We spent our dates in hospitals, clinics and in bed mostly. The average meal I ate was oatmeal and that was if I could keep it down. Sorry for the gross details but life was rough. I had been struggling to find what was wrong with me for a decade and it finally just got unbearable. Thankfully though a team of amazing doctors at UCSF discovered I have a heart disorder and from there got me to an amazing treatment center. It took a year of care, medicine, exercise and eating right before I finally was myself again. This trip was the first trip we took where I got to be “normal” Jana again. We started traveling a lot because the first year of marriage with all my health issues taught us that life is short so why not do all that we love now instead of waiting? Why not seize each day with joy, laughter, love and traveling! Hope you enjoy snippets from our New York City trip.