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The Joubert Den

The Joubert Den

A lifestyle blog about marriage, fashion, beauty, travel, and faith.

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Hi! Welcome to our blog — The Joubert (Joe-BEAR) Den. We are Cristian & Sonja, a newlywed couple navigating married life while adventuring along the way. Here we share bits and pieces of our every day lives, travel, fashion and our faith. Stay a while!

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  • Sharing a photo from one of the last times I actually felt put together (thank you, 8 lbs of water weight due to my malfunctioning kidneys and being pumped with fluids in the hospital). But hey, this guy. We’ve been through a lot of hard things, but I never anticipated adding “life threatening illness” to that list. The past few days @crishjubie has really stepped up and shown me what love is. He is still chest-deep in homework, classes, and studying but has made time to take care of me and Jemma with so much patience and love. We’re both really growing through this experience, and while I’d definitely rather not have a kidney infection, I’m thankful for the perspective it’s given me. Love and life and all of its gifts are precious. I’m taking this chance to revaluate how I mother, how I love, and how I combat hard things. Because surely I will experience more in this lifetime. And yet, that doesn’t make it any less beautiful or where I want to be. Are you also facing difficulty in your life right now? It doesn’t have to be health related...trials come in all shapes and sizes. Remember that it’s not going to last forever. Remember that you’re strong 💪🏻 and CAPABLE. Get on your knees, take some deep breaths, or stand in front of your mirror and pump yourself up to your favorite song. I’ve got this, you’ve got this, life is good, God/the universe or whatever higher power you believe in is good. We’ve got this.
  • Hi friends. What a whirlwind. I am in the hospital for observation tonight for a UTI turned kidney infection. I came in Wednesday night because I was suddenly having pain in my kidney. I was pretty sure I had a UTI, but they tested my urine and my levels were not abnormal. They also did a CT scan looking for kidney stones and there weren’t any. So they sent me home. I followed up with an OB yesterday and based off of those tests from the ER and my symptoms, he thought I had interstitial cystitis (a super fun bladder condition). Then last night I started getting chills and went to sleep. I woke up this morning and they were so much worse. And my pain became acute. Sooo I figured that merited coming back in. My white blood cell count jumped to a freaking 15.5. They said it was so good I came back in when I did. I got IV antibiotics but my heart rate is suuuper high and tachycardic (been 110-135 all day) so they want to observe it overnight. We’ll also get my blood work back tomorrow morning ish to see if I am septic. Thank you for all the love and prayers. I feel it and KNOW I will get better! Ladies, NEVER EVER put off going in if you think you have a UTI.
  • The best time of day is when daddy comes home! The mom struggles of the day are all worth it for this moment, even if @crishjubie only has 5 minutes to play before he dives into homework. ⁣ In other news, @usatoday and @militarykindvideos did a little video story + interview on our Air Force ✈️🇺🇸 journey. There’s a link to it in my stories or you can find it on the @militarykindvideos feed or Facebook page! Watch it and tell me, what did you think?
  • Life as a mama is often hard. Add moving to a brand new place where you don’t really know anyone and starting a new lifestyle (hello, #militarylife) and it’s like BOOM. All the mama confidence you’ve managed to gain is threatened. This has been me the last few weeks. I’ve been losing faith in my mothering and my anxiety/depression are back with a vengeance as our little family tries to adjust to a new home and routine. I often feel incredible amounts of despair because I don’t feel like I’m giving my little girl enough. But then there’s the moments where she puts her arms around me or kisses me without me asking and I remember, “ah, you’ve got this.” We got this, mamas. 💪🏻 Take a look at whatever is getting your mommin’ down and tell it to take a hike. Take a deep breath. You’ve got this. What do you tell yourself when you feel like this? Unrelated: P.S. more from our visit to the #17miledrive in my stories!
  • We went to our first Air Force ✈️🇺🇸ball last night! Perfect introduction into this military life for me. Plus, I loved every minute of being all glammed up next to my handsome Airman 😉 So excited to see where this journey continues to take us, @crishjubie. And happy 72nd birthday, @usairforce!
  • You never actually think it’ll happen to you, until it does. Earlier this week, I became one of those Facebook posts you see from other mamas. I’m just now feeling like I can talk about it...it’s caused me so much more anxiety than I’ve already been having since moving here. I was minding my own business grocery shopping with Jemma when I realized the young man that was standing verrrryyy close to me in my aisle had been in every single one of the last couple aisles I had been in. Was he following me? I went down another to be sure. Yes. He was following me. I began to notice strange things about him - the fact that he didn’t have a cart or basket and only a few random items in his hands. He reached over to grab a box of pop tarts in the bread aisle, touched them, but didn’t pick them up off the shelf. I knew this was him trying to look normal. He wasn’t. I bent over to look at some bread and when I stood back up, he was literally standing so close to me I almost bumped into him. This went on for probably 30 or more minutes (longer than I should have let it, lets be real). I’d lose him only to find him following me again a few minutes later. I finally went to checkout and told the cashier (who actually wasn’t even finished with the older woman in front of me) that the young man in the adjacent aisle (he immediately went down the aisle right in front of my register when I went in the lane) had been following me all around the store. The woman in front of me actually confirmed it and said she had noticed him doing it too. I was shaking. The cashier immediately picked up her phone and called the manager and security. They were over to the register within minutes and went on acting normal, which I appreciated. I didn’t see him again after that, but made sure I had an escort out to my car and I didn’t drive right home, just to be safe. Mamas (and women and PEOPLE everywhere) it doesn’t matter where you are. Who it is. Be vigilant. I don’t even want to know what his intentions were with me, or heaven forbid my 17 month old daughter. All I knew was that we were not safe. Stand up for yourself and don’t be afraid to tell someone if the same thing happens to you.

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