I have cleaned everything out, (I do mean everything), cleaned the house from top to bottom, detailed my van, and organized all of my photos and random collections through the year in hopes to start scrapbooking, again.
I think the biggest accomplishement I have had is realizing just how blessed I am! After digging through photos in hopes of finding my honeymoon pictures (still not found), I had time to reflect on the twenty years of marriage Lou and I will celebrate next week. If you want a real jolt into reality spend a few hours of the course of two days sorting through over twenty years of photos! It just amazes me how much we have done and how much we have been blessed with! Who knew twenty years ago that we would go from a small one bedroom apartment in Cincninnati where our family of three began, to the a beautiful quaint house in the California desert where a journey around the world made us a family of four. Now, in a gorgeous home in a quiet suburb of Tennessee with our two beautiful, healthy daughters so we can be close to our family in Cincinnati. Through all this time and travel we have always been blessed with so many wonderful friends and secure jobs to provide for our family. Sure, we have had a few rough spots, but they pale in comparison to the joys.
To all of those who have been a part of our lives we want to say thank you for sharing in our journey. We know that the Lord has so much more in store for us as we continue on. We will never lose sight of what is important, and take time to slow down and enjoy what we have been given. We thank God for all that He has blessed us with, especially each other!
