We are coming up on a year since my son married his best friend, Micah Elaine!
She is the woman who will be by his side for eternity.
She is amazing and is now my daughter.
Steve and I know how blessed we are and are constantly pinching ourselves praying it is not just a dream that all of our children find they soulmates. Truly we do not take this for granted at all. It is a privilege and honor to witness this journey. For our children are ours to hold for just a small window of time and then we must let go and watch them take flight in this crazy, sometimes cruel yet beautiful world. It is hard work raising babies. I mean really hard but oh my goodness it was and continues to be our greatest joy, honor and gift from God. A gift so extraordinary we could never be worthy of and yet we continuously attempt to reach worthiness. Fortunately, God does not expect perfection from us but only that we long to be more like Him and be with Him. Our growth as a family unit is monumental and all of our triumphs and hardships just keep inching us closer and closer to our eternal life together in heaven. In heaven we will be united with all of those who have gone before us and will come after our arrival. We join those before us who have helped to shape us to be who we are. We are all connected and intertwined. We lost my Dad, our Paw Paw during the pandemic. It has been difficult and he is missed so terribly yet our faith promises us that we will see him again. It is that promise that carries us through those painful seasons and we discover that even in great sadness we can celebrate and experience tremendous joy.
My son had planned his proposal in advance and then the lockdowns came and so we encouraged him to proceed with his plan even when his plan had to be altered not allowing family to be present. All was in place and on Easter Sunday he proposed on one knee to his Micah. My Dad went to heaven hours before Jake proposed. In my mind, this allowed his Paw Paw to be present and witness the proposal even while other family members could not be present. Finding beauty and joy in one of our most painful days and knowing that we will be together again was a blessing and a testimony to our love for my Dad and most importantly God, our Father. As we come to a close on the first year of celebrating the newlyweds and our family growing, we find ourselves privileged to begin preparations to add another family member to our clan and witness our daughter marrying her best friend, Drew. Again we remain humbled and in awe of our abundance of blessings. I pray that we never forget to offer prayers of gratitude. That we always remember our perpetual blessings in this life and pray for those who sufferings and sacrifices are larger and more painful than ours at this present time. May we keep those less fortunate in our daily prayers in hopes to mitigate their suffering.
Jake is already starting to cry.
Now I start to cry! I mean seriously it turned very quickly into an ugly cry face!
Welcome to the family sweet Micah!
Our Mother/Son dance!
Look at that sweet boy's face!
I am blessed, blessed and blessed!
Yes I am!
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