Where Does The Time Go??

Well, it's halfway through June. It's getting close to my wedding anniversary. David and I will be married for 6 years come the 29th. I can't believe it has been that long! It seems like just yesterday we were meeting for the first time and falling in love. A lot of things have changed in 6 years. We've lost one child by miscarriage, had two beautiful children, sat nervously as our child went through 2 surgeries. David lost his mother and one of his uncles, who was like a second father to him. We've moved about a hundred times, it feels like, lived in two different states, made new friends and lost touch with old ones. We've been through a lot, but through all the laughter and tears, joys and sorrows, celebrations and heartbreaks, we've been there for one another.

Though a lot has changed, one thing has remained the same. We are very much in love with one another. In fact, a lot of the things we have been through may have broken other marriages, but it has only served to make our relationship stronger and our love deeper. I'd like to take credit for that, but I can't. Neither one of us can. All the honor belongs to God. We have worked to keep God in the center of our marriage and our family, and though at times we have forgotten and tried to take control ourselves, we have always come back to Him. He is what has kept our marriage strong and caused it to grow and caused us to grow as people and as Christians.

Another thing that is happening in a couple of weeks is David's birthday. His birthday is the day before our anniversary. Lucky him. He doesn't have the problem that a lot of men do. It's easy for him to remember our anniversary. Anyway, he is going to be 29 this year. For some reason, that is freaking both of us out. I think for him the problem is that his father had a heart attack and stroke at the age of 44. The closer he gets to that age, the more it bothers him. For me, it just makes me wonder how and when I got old enough to be married to a man that is almost 30 and have 2 children. I can't believe how time flies, and where in the world does it go??? Don't get me wrong, 30 is not old by any means! Believe me, I'm only 4 1/2 years shy of it myself. I guess it just scares me that I used to see it as old, and now, I see it as young. And most of the people in my circle of friends are 30 or older or are close to it. I just don't know how I got here. However I got here though, I am happy to be here. I love my husband and my children very much, and I wouldn't trade 30 (or almost 30) for 16 any day!