Gratitude

Every night when I close my eyes to pray, the first words out of my mouth are "Thank you, Lord." We are so blessed. We have been so blessed.

Jeff and I married 5 years ago today. Lest you (my one reader) forget, I came thisclose to a disastrous, abusive marriage and was saved by the grace of God. Then I went to counseling, learned a ton about myself and found that the love that I'd always wanted was not "out there," but up. God had loved me madly the whole time.

And the partner He had for me had been under my nose for almost a decade.

It took so much for me to see what I already had, but now I "get it" every day. Jeff is a rock. He is a better partner than anyone I could've imagined for myself. He is compassionate, hilarious, responsible, genuine, and of course... hot. :)

Side by side we've grown so much in the past 5 years, planted so many seeds and seen so much fruit.

We have a marriage that is deeper and more solid than either of us ever imagined. We have many close friends who know us well and share our lives and allow us to share in theirs. We have families that love us. We own our first home. We have enough money to squeeze by on one income so we can invest the maximum time into our kids. We have two running cars!

Most of all, we have two happy and healthy babies that have taught us so much and given us so much love.

Thank you, Lord.