April 7th 2006
Six Years......... What does 6 years mean? Well I suppose it means different things to different people. For me, today, the meaning is very special because today my husband and I celebrate 6 years of marriage. A lot of things have happend in the last 6 years in our lives. Six years and one day ago I was a single parent with one child, a 3 year old boy. Today I am a mother of 8. I added 7 children in 6 years, that is crazy. It has been a joy for me to see that 3 year old boy grow and mature into a wonderful 10 year old. He went from being an only child to being a wonderful big and little brother. Six years ago I not only added a husband to my family but also his two wonderful daughters. In six years those girls and I have grown very close, they are without a doubt my best friends, (well next to my love, but we will talk more on that later). I have watched them grow into sweet young women with a love for the Lord and a love to reach the lost. I watched them go on their first mission trip to Romania and absolutley fall in love with the children there in the orpahanage and a few years later I went with them on my first mission trip and met those same sweet children and was able to see why their hearts will always be there with those kids. Now I see those same two girls who were 13 and 15 six years ago as they have went off to college and I have so much respect and admiration for the choices they have made and continue to make on their journey into adulthood. I will never forget the day that I gave birth to my daughter Amber, with David and the girls by my side. How sweet that little girl was and is. I don't think any of us could have known just how special this little life would be to our family. Up to this point it had been David and his girls and me and my son, then came Amber, she was the only person who was a part of everyone. I think that all of us would say that she was a special "thread" that knitted our family together forever. And then about a year and a half later we began our journey into foster parenting and with that brought the joys of the 4 children we have since added to our family. To think this all started from two people falling in love and starting a life together. David is the love of my life, my best friend, father of my children, head of our household, spiritual leader, and I love him with all that I am. In six years we have had a lot of trials that life brought our way, but with God's grace and our love for him and each other we have made it to our six year anniversary and I know that there are many more to come. Six Years.....Thank you David for the past 6 years, I'm looking forward to the next 6!