My amazing parents!

Today I am wishing a very Happy 27th Anniversary to my wonderful parents! My parents are truly the best parents in the world, and I know I'm biased. I am so thankful Dion & I have such a phenomenal marriage to look up to. My parents' marriage is a real marriage, with real problems, with real trials, with real love, and with real commitment. As a child I saw my parents fight and argue, but I also saw them love without conditions and sometimes they even gross me out! We always tell them to get a room! I love the realness of my parents' marriage. Some people are firm on the belief that you do not fight in front of your children and I definitely disagree with this. I saw my parents fight but I also saw them passionately love each other. I am glad that I saw my parents fight, but that is real. There are some people who live in "la la land" and believe that when you are married you don't fight. This is not the case, and I've known that before I even met Dion. When you love someone, you argue, that's just a fact of life.

I love my parents, I love their marriage, and I love that they have always been honest and genuine in their marriage and in their relationship with my siblings and I. I can't wait to see what God holds for the next 27 years of their marriage!

God's timing is perfect...

I feel like I should already know how perfect God's timing is, however every time I am "waiting" on Him, I tend to forget this. When I was waiting on God to bring me my husband, I felt like I was waiting forever. I remember praying from the time I was in high school for my "future husband" and I also remember that I did not meet Dion for what seemed like a really long time. Although I know if I would have met Dion earlier or at the wrong time we probably would not be married now. And that is exactly how God's perfect timing works. God knew exactly at which point in my life Dion and I needed to meet so we would end up marrying each other.

As I now am struggling with waiting for something else in my life, that I will leave unsaid for now, I find myself once again questioning God's timing. I need to remind myself how perfect the time was when Dion and I met, and how that was all made possible by God. I need to remind myself that God knows what He is doing, even when I doubt Him. (Yes people, Christians too doubt God) We live in a world of instant gratification so it is sometimes hard to wait on Him. We want everything now and exactly the way we want it. So for now, I'll just wait and keep trusting that He knows what He is doing, after all He has known was He was doing with my whole life thus far, He won't quit now. :)

We met George W!!!

While visiting our friends, Rob & Brittany Ross, in Dallas, TX last week we bumped into George W. Bush. I have never been more star struck. Meeting celebrities is cool, meeting former Presidents is awesome! Regardless of your political party, or if you liked George W or not, meeting him was too cool! It was definitely a once in a life time experience. I remember saying to him, "My mom wishes you were still the president!" And he replied "I am so glad I'm not!" haha- such a down to earth guy!

Marriage- month 8 :)

With our October wedding almost 9 months behind us- crazy it's been that long- we have journeyed through this crazy ride of marriage with many ups, but also some downs. I remember when we first got married, countless people telling me that the first year of marriage is the hardest. I don't have any other year to compare this year of marriage with, but I will tell you we had our trials. But we also have had so many great times.

The weirdest part of marriage- and also the best- is waking up every morning and knowing that this man is going to be there every morning until the day I die. It blows my mind to think that he choses me day after day. Because after all love is a choice, because if it just is an emotion it becomes a fleeting emotion. So day in and day out, we both CHOSE to love each other. Not because we have to, but because we want to.

Life has its trials and has its challenges, but there is not one person in this world I'd rather face those trials and challenges with other than Dion. I cannot wait to see what the rest of our lives hold, and where God takes us. I am so happy that God handpicked Dion for me, and me for Dion.