relishing the life God has given us
December 31, 2003 was a great day. My family spontaneously planned a trip to Indiana to visit my best friend, Caroline. We drove out that day and got to reconnect with her and her family after 14 months apart. Over the next 4 days, we would have many new inside jokes, play dozens of games of Scattergories, watch “Finding Nemo”… Read More
Picking up after part 3: Rehearsals for the Christmas play, “A Christmas Carol”, began in September of 2003. We met once a week after church services on Sunday and would spend about 2 hours learning songs, choreography, and going over scenes. I had a blast with all my friends as we went through everything from memorizing our lines to… Read More
Back by popular demand… (which means I got a request 😉 Part 3! I started writing this story long ago, and now that I happen to be married to the special someone I’ve been writing about, I think it’s alright to continue. 🙂 I think my main motivation is thinking of my younger siblings, and someday my future children. I… Read More
In light of our 10 month anniversary yesterday, I decided to share a bit more of our story, from my perspective! After the talk with my dad, I started ignoring boys. I really had no need for them in my life, what can I say, I was in elementary school! Instead, this was a time when I was really outgoing… Read More
I’ll never forget the day my dad asked me this question. “Has a boy ever asked you to be his girlfriend?” My mind started racing. Was this the boyfriend-girfriend talk my friends had gone through with their parents, when they learned that they could have a boyfriend if he was nice. (keep in mind, we were 5.) I didn’t really… Read More