Just Passing Through: The Last 10 Years

Yesterday was my husband's 31st birthday. As I went through the day, I started thinking about this being his first step into the 30's and I was amazed that we walked through our 20's together and this felt like the first step of walking through our 30's together, too.

I am amazed at how we were brought together and how our lives were orchestrated perfectly to find one another. Looking back, it seemed improbable that we would ever meet. I was born in Arizona, He was born in Alaska. I lived in Tennessee for 10 years. He lived in Washington and Texas and Arizona. It wasn't until my parents bought a house when I was 17 years old, that my school district changed. It just so happened to be JT's high school. And we just so happened to be in math class together. Looking back at my 17 years, it didn't make sense. Even after meeting him, we were just friends. After high school he left to boot camp. We fell out of touch after boot camp for almost a year. I didn't even have a phone. He had no idea where I lived anymore. He just so happened to be in town on leave. And he just so happened to be at the same grocery store as I was one night. Even then, it was a quick run in, hello, and goodbye. Then he found out where I lived. We started talking...then dating....and the rest is history.

What has the last 10 years brought me? A LOT! We have had our ups and downs, good times and bad, but God has strengthened us through it all and I can think of no other person I'd want to spend all my days with on this earth. I know God brought us together for a purpose and I am grateful for that.

Looking back:

We got married. I was 19. He was 20.
We moved to North Carolina.
We had our first child. I was 20. He was 21.
We had our second child. I was 22. He was 23.
We moved to Texas.
We had our third child. I was 24. He was 25.

Things we did in our 20's:

We went parasailing over the Atlantic Ocean.
We went on a cruise to Mexico, Cayman Islands, and Jamaica.
We swam with dolphins!
We zip lined through the mountains of Jamaica over a waterfall!
We went skydiving! See this blog.
We ran a marathon together and crossed the finish line holding hands. Check out my insanity.
We both received Bachelor degrees.
We have gone to Broadway musicals, sporting events, Medieval Times, Marine Corps balls, movie theaters, arcades, bowling, theme parks, cupcake shops, taco shops, mud runs, we finished Insanity together, mission trip, Orange Leaf, driven across the country several times, Washington D.C., the Outerbanks, seen Billy the Kid's gravesite for goodness sake, shot all types of guns together, laughed and cried, lost and gained, hurt and healed.

Our most important decision we made together was to follow Christ, to give our life to Him wholly! All this other stuff is temporal, it won't mean a thing when we take our last breath.

No matter what we do, big or small, we try and make the most of it! We are far from perfect, but our union is perfect through Christ! That's enough for me!

Here's to the next 10 years my love!