Happily Ever After

Mike and I recently went to dinner with some dear friends who are newlyweds. They are a precious couple and it was so fun watching how giddy they were with each other after being married for just a few weeks. And that got me thinking about married life...


This summer Mike and I celebrated our 5th anniversary--that is craziness!! Those 5 years have flown by!!! It really seems like yesterday we were still dating! I really love being married to my best friend. We have so much fun together. In our 5 years of being married we have gotten to...

• go to Maui
• go to London, England
• go to countless Bama games
• serve and minister to a great group of students and their families
• go to Jamaica on a mission trip
• survive a bathroom remodel at our house
• walk through the trenches with each other as we both completed graduate school
• go on 3 mission trips with our students to the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina 
• and the list could go on and on...

But, that is just a short list of the fun or cool stuff that we have gotten to do or be a part of. There have, however, been some lows in those 5 years. Thankfully, we have each other to lean on as we sometimes have to "walk through the valley of the shadow of death." I really don't know what I would do without Mike. He is my biggest and strongest encourager. He can always make me laugh and make a bad day better. I'm looking forward to our happily ever after.