Marriage

Marriage is awesome. 

I feel like every time I check out Facebook, another couple is getting engaged or just got married and I am so excited for them. There is something about marriage, about the joining of two people, that is so beautiful. 

The hubster and I will celebrate one whole year of marriage tomorrow and I am thrilled. That's part of where this post is coming from, I think. Every time I see those recently engaged or newly married couples, my mind floods with all of the things I want to say. I want to encourage them that marriage will be filled with fantastic moments, but warn them that there will also be times of trial. I want to urge them to remember the reasons they fell in love, especially during those trials, and remind them that the best time of life is always right now. When we look forward all of the time, we miss the magnificence of the here and now. And finally, I want to praise the Lord with them. Because perhaps the most beautiful part of marriage, beyond all of the ooey gooey love stuff, is the fact that God miraculously brings together two horrible sinners and enables those two people to live in wonderful harmony together. I am in awe of our Creator. 

"Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate." 

Mark 10:9 NIV

Marriage is awesome. 

A World of New Beginnings

Let's chat. I know, I know, it's been six months since my last post. Sorry.. But let me give you an update. In the beginning of May, I graduated from college. (Whoop whoop!!!) The hubby and I spent most of May living out of a suitcase, sleeping on an air mattress, and eating take out since we sent almost all of our personal belongings to Texas ahead of us. Finally, at the end of May (and after attending the wedding of a few friends and the graduation of another friend), we made our last journey from Ohio to Texas. We packed our car as full as humanly possible and drove eighteen hours to the beautiful land of heat and bugs and heat and humidity and heat. :) We love it here.

Just one week after this long trek, we left our new home to spend a week in Alaska with part of our family. It was awesome getting to travel to such a beautiful place, see so many gorgeous landscapes, and meet so many lovely puppies. While in Scagway, Alaska, we took a bus up some mountain and into the Yukon Territory to a dog mushing camp, where we got to meet quite a few dogs and even go on a dog sled ride. It really was an incredible experience, probably second only to the buffet! Oh I'm just kidding, though we did spend a lot of time eating. Despite the relaxation and vacation time, I was really ready to get home. There was so much to do and my world had already changed so much so quickly.

So by the end of June, we made it back from Alaska, and little did I know that my world was about to change again. The day after we got back from our vacation, my hubby and I decide that we should go to the local animal shelter just to look at a few puppies. The ones in Alaska were so adorable, we thought that maybe one day we would like one of our own. Yes, we took a puppy home with us that day. She is the most adorable dog in the world. Those first few days were rough, though. I had never had a dog as a child and now I was the sole caretaker of one. It was stressful. But now, almost two weeks later, little Coco is one of the best parts of my life.

As my life is changing, here in Texas, so are the lives of my family in PA. I found out recently that my sister and brother in law have received the okay from One Mission Society to begin their assignment and move to Indiana. They are leaving this weekend. Growing up, I was so blessed that my entire family was within an hour's drive. Aunts, Uncles, Grandparents, Cousins. They were all right there. I was the first to go. I looked forward to it with every breath I took and then when it was time, I was terrified, nervous, and a little sad to leave the home I knew. Now, my sister is going as well. At times, it feels like my whole world is being flipped upside down. My greatest consolation through all of these changes and new beginnings has been the fact that God's plan is perfect. God directed to my husband, and thus, to Texas. God led my sister and brother in law to One Mission Society. And He will continue to guide us through the uncertain future days. Trust in Him with me. 


Thanks for joining me y'all! (I have to practice my Texan accent somehow.)
Peace out. 


Oh! If you read this and decide you'd like to support my sister and brother in law at all, please send me an email or something and I'll give you the information. Thanks!