12 months
52 weeks
365 days
8,765 hours
525,948 minutes
31,556,926 seconds
A lot can change in that amount of time. And for husband and I, it did.
My last name changed
Where I lived changed
My job changed
My church changed
We found out we were to be parents (around the same time as 3 of my best friends got pregnant too!)
We got a bigger car
We got a bigger appartment
Tom got another job (to make up for the money I wouldn't be contributing since I'd be staying at home)
Our baby died
We moved again (3rd time!)
Tom got a new job
... Just to name the major ones in OUR personal family
That's a lot to handle in the first year of marriage and yet, here we are. One year (and one day) later. Our relationship is stronger with each other and our personal relationships with Jesus are stronger.
We've grown in so many ways and I'm so thankful for having such a great man to walk beside in this life.
Life goes in such different directions then we plan sometimes. But God is good all the time.
Vanessa and Tom,
ReplyDeleteSo many things changed like that in a year for us as well. We moved twice, Nate changed jobs multiple times, I changed jobs as well, we changed churches....the list could go on. However, we didn't lose our baby. My heart constricts for the two of you when I think of you. I pray for you often. Just wanted you to know that you are such a testimony of God's grace. I am reading your blog, Vanessa. It is beautiful. I know you wouldn't have chosen this change in your first year of marriage and that it is harder than you ever hoped. I am praying that God just holds your hearts and draws you closer to each other and to himself. Thank you for the reminders that God is so good all the time, even the hardest times.
Love you guys!