Life Update!

I keep saying I’m going to be more active on here and then life throws even more curveballs at me that make it emotionally/physically/spiritually impossible to follow my plans the way I initially want. Thank you to those of you who have wished me well and sent me positive messages of support during this difficult year. You have no idea how much I love and appreciate you all!

So here’s a big update from me: today marks one month MARRIED!

Andrew’s Grandma turned 100 on October 14th. A little over a week before, her health began to decline and we made the spontaneous decision to get married sooner than our planned January wedding. Family means everything to us and having Grandma there as our witness means more to us than anyone could possibly understand. So, dressed in our Sunday best, and surrounded by our closest family- we married in Grandma’s living room. It is a day we will cherish for the rest of our lives. I can’t even express how much that day means to me.

Grandma passed peacefully a little more than a week later on the day after her 100th birthday. Though it makes me sad she’s not physically here, I’m so grateful to know she’s celebrating in Heaven. She was a woman who made plans and always followed through with them no matter what. I strive to be more like her in that way. So strong and so resilient.

In this last year, God welcomed five of my loved ones home. Some passed peacefully, others more tragically, but all have left a pain in my heart with their absence.

I’ve been trying to find the silver lining in this year but if I follow that thread of happiness it always leads me back to Andrew. The life we’ve built together allowed me to have these beautiful people in my life. Without him and the support he gives me when I feel I’m at my weakest, I don’t know who I’d be in this moment of time. To say marrying him was the best decision of my life is an understatement. I waited (nearly) ten years to be called his wife but regardless of the title, we’re each other’s best friend for eternity.

I pray you all find the one who paints stars in your life when all you can see is the darkness. I don’t know where I’d be without his guiding light.