True Confessions: This serendipitous relationship occurred out of the blue in late March. I received an email with the subject line of “Sealy Says Thanks!” Sealy’s Posturepedic Hybrid Series is all about comfort and support, and they wanted to thank me for the comfort and support I was offering through my work here at Sweet Phenomena by offering a mattress: I was floored, and I cried.
The purpose of this post is two-fold: to share a personal story of comfort and support with you and to share my experience with the new mattress. I think you’ll like both. This is written in my own words and contains my opinions, of which there is never a shortage. Some names have been changed to protect the innocent. Not really…
I couldn’t be here, doing this fabulous work, without the help of my husband, Vince.
He is the ultimate in comfort and support. He lets me dream big, which is what I do, and he supports me in it.
He may not always understand it, he may not always think it’ll work, but if I am passionate about it and it’s not going to hurt us or anyone else, he helps me make it happen.
He’s my sounding board. He’s my tear-wiper when I’m having a meltdown {but, of course, those don’t happen often}. He’s my financier.
I’m strong-willed and that can’t be easy to deal with. Couple that with my passion to bring awareness to domestic violence and help parents raise girls that are confident, caring, and full of win, and I’m a fierce force to be reckoned with.
Vince knows how to let that force be unless it’s absolutely necessary to disturb it. That’s true comfort and support: knowing when to step back and knowing when to step in.
With his support, I’ve managed to keep Sweet Phenomena alive for almost three years and transform it into something I’m unbelievably excited about.
I’ve got some super-exciting things coming down the pipeline, and when you see them, I want you to remember that it’s all possible because of the unwavering support of my husband.
Now, About That Mattress…
I didn’t know it was possible to be this excited about a mattress.
Back story: We got married in 2001, and we bought a mattress. We were poor, and the mattress was part of a $300 set {boxspring and mattress}. That’s right, it was superior quality and sprinkled with unicorn tears.
Not.
But you know, it was a mattress, and it wasn’t bad.
But, “not bad” isn’t so great after 11 years. The mattress was getting old and so were we.
That not-so-fun old where you “feel” things when you wake up after a night’s sleep on a not-so-great mattress.
A good mattress was just too expensive; it was money we didn’t really have to spend.
I resigned myself to being with that mattress forever.
Then, I got that fateful email mentioned above. And yes, I really did cry.
I even made Vince read the email to see if it was for real.
The mattress was delivered a couple of weeks ago and oh my God people, it is so totally epic.
I’d been mattress shopping, so I had tried out memory foam mattresses. Sure, they were better than what we had, but they just didn’t feel right to me. Too squishy. Not enough support.
That is my most favorite thing about this mattress: half foam/half titanium-alloy spring construction.
Comfort and support. It’s not a marketing ploy my friends, it’s for realz.
It’s also pretty. A needed quality in a mattress? Not necessarily.
A nice-to-have if it’s available? You bet. Look at it up there, it’s SO pretty!!
And that pretty little section is functional: it’s the CoreSupport Center. It supports the heaviest part of my body. *wink*
I’m not fibbing friends: I wake up feeling SO much better. I don’t feel tired and groggy, I feel like I’ve been snugly hugged all night.
I don’t feel old. Hallelujah.
You can read all about the mattress on Sealy’s site. I would definitely, without a doubt, recommend this mattress. It’s affordable and it beats the sheets off any other mattress I’ve tried.
I am forever grateful to Sealy and Jacqueline Jones for making this possible. It truly means so much to me.
The mattress is awesome, but even more importantly, it’s nice to know that others support my mission.
So send virtual high fives to Sealy, they’re total winners!!
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Mattress image courtesy of Sealy.com
