My Honey Graduated!

I am so proud of JM. He graduated from Liberty University last weekend with a Bachelor of Science in Religion. For those of you who don't know, we met our freshman year of college at Charleston Southern University in 2005 and became very good friends. We had a lot of growing up to do and we took different directions in life. A year later, we both dropped out of school. I started working full-time and volunteering at my church and he joined the Coast Guard. In 2008 we started dating long-distance. I started school again at Lee University and JM began online school with Liberty University. Since then, he has been doing school year a round on top of his full time job. I am so proud of his hard work and tenacity. We have been through a lot this past year and it could have been really easy for JM to take a break from school. But he persisted and finished with an overall GPA 3.2! If you knew how bad we did our first year of college, you will understand that it was no easy feat. We headed up to Lynchburg to see Liberty's campus for the first time for his graduation. It was awesome to see him graduate and wear his Coastie uniform [it was much easer to find him that way!]

Way to go my love!

24 years!

Today my husband turned 24. I like to say that I'm older and wiser, but really I'm less than a month older than him. It's funny to imagine that our mothers were pregnant at the same time, wondering if they'd have a boy or girl. God has blessed our families and our lives and brought JM and I together in a way that I can only give Him thanks. We met our freshman year of college. A time of adventure, insecurity, and questions. We were discovering ourselves as individuals rather than just kids living with their parents and following their rules. In a way, we were on our own and becoming adults - very slowly. Although I didn't know JM until college, we did a lot of growing up and maturing together. Ironically, we both dropped out of school after 3 semesters because we had no idea what to do with our lives. He joined the Coast Guard and I took 1.5yrs off until I went back to school in TN. We've seen each other at some of our lowest points and constantly encourage each other to grow closer to God! I'm so thankful to call JM my husband and I am thrilled to see him father our children one day and just continue to grow old together. It was the best idea to marry my best friend! 

Happy Birthday JM, my incredible husband!