• Feb. 21, 2007
Our Anniversary...sort of
February 21st is the sixth anniversary of the day Rick and I met.
We met online.
Let me rephrase that: We met online before we met in person. February 21st is the sixth anniversary of the first time we met in person.
While I don't recommend meeting online for everyone, it certainly has worked for us. We started chatting through a message board about cats. Yes, cats. He had three, and I had one. When we got married (just over six months later) we had a blended family, of sorts.
A lot has happened to us in that short amount of time--a good part of it is medical: two heart attacks, one heart catheterization, one 5x heart bypass surgery, four back surgeries, one knee surgery, two miscarriages, death of one parent, one tubal ligation (because of the heart stuff), deciding to become foster parents, seven subsequent foster children, two adoptions, one scare with lung cancer, ongoing monitoring of said lung problems, ongoing heart monitoring, job gains, job losses, medical leaves, financial stress, two moves, buying a house, death of two cats, two more strays who are now part of the family, roof problems, plumbing problems, car problems, two gastric bypass surgeries, dealing with issues that arise when weight loss happens quickly, two hernia sugeries, two car accidents (neither was our fault!), one case of pneumonia, and two broken ribs. The two things that have remained constant are our love for each other and our love for God.
I can't imagine how people who have no faith make it through these tough times. Where do you go when you don't have prayer? Where do you turn when you don't have faith? What do you do when you don't have hope? I can't imagine our lives if Jesus Christ was not at the center of it. Our marriage wouldn't have had a prayer if it hadn't been for prayer. Our circumstances may change, as they seem to do, but God is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. That much we can count on.
We can't imagine what the next six years hold for us!
Comments
• Feb. 23, 2007
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Posted by Honeybee
That wears me out just reading it! I'm so amazed at what you've lived. God IS good. I miss you, dear friend and I'm glad we're going to get our little get away in ONE MONTH!!! Yeah ha!! :)
By the way...getting that email that you'd had that heart attack was no fun. Don't do it again!!
• Feb. 26, 2007
Haleigh! Yes
Posted by MaineHSMom
Hi, I have seen Haleigh used for a girls name, but only a few times. I chose it because I had not seen it around much. But as you probably know once you pick an unusual name it pops up everywhere. Although you don't see it in the stores yet for the bike plates and such.
Thanks for posting on my blog,
Trisha
