• Jun. 3, 2007
12 Years
Land Baron and I are celebrating our 12th anniversary this weekend. We've been together since I was a sophomore in highschool. He was a bit older than me and was already out of school. We dated for four years before getting married when I was 19 and he was 23.
We were enjoying a stroll down memory lane this morning with our Starbucks while the girls were in Sunday School (we skipped, we're such heathens). We drove around by the pregnancy center we helped start and counted all God's done during our marriage:
12 really good years with few bumps
4 daughters, and only one pregnancy was high risk, one C-section, one V-Bac (successful!)
2 homes and 15 acres of land
6 cars (all used, that's why there's so many, lol!)
3 jobs for me, plus my new sling business, 5 jobs for him plus his home business of cleaning chimneys. Only one lay off and no firings.
2 College degrees
6 years of homeschooling
4 churches
Calling to start a ministry that's become highly regarded and grossing about a quarter million dollars a year in donations, plus involvement in a second ministry that God's growing fast as well-both are saving lives-both in the here and now (helping women choose life) and for eternity (gospel).
We have such a rich history, like all families do...I love it that God can paint such a beautiful picture with brilliant colors within a family. My husband said that when he was a boy, he never dreamed he would have such a full life; not that he didn't think he could have that, but that he never would have dreamed it up. He's such a pessimist (that's an inside joke of ours, I call him a pessimist and he says he's a realist). But really, I wouldn't have been able to dream up a life as rich as ours, either. I wouldn't have chosen the lay off, the scary pregnancy, the car wreck, or the debt, but other than the debt, it's all been good. Those things have made us stronger-especially the car wreck and the layoff.
God is good, all the time, all the time, God is good.
Comments
• Jun. 3, 2007
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Posted by bearsmom
Happy Anniversary and may God bless you with many more blessings in the year to come.
• Jun. 4, 2007
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Posted by 4sweetums
Congrads! My hubby and I will be celebrating on D-day! lol
Dawn
