I realize that I haven't written in a long time. I hadn't realized how long. It is amazing how quickly things in life can change. I look back at where I was in August and can't help but be amazed at how God changes things and moves. The biggest change was Mark's decision to not go into the Marines. It has been a difficult path that we have been walking over the past couple months, trying to re-adjust and re-plan our lives.
We had been preparing for him to leave for so long that it put me in an extremely difficult place. I found myself on my knees before God numerous times a day. Things have started to pan out again though. The big news right now is actually about my career. Mark and I have prayed, sought wise counsel through parents, prayed more, talked and prayed even more. And God has answered our prayers and opened the doors for me to go back to school full-time! This is huge for me! The plan is to attend Seminole State College starting in January (eek! so soon!) and transfer to UCF in a year to finish my bachelors degree in Secondary Education English Language Arts (say that 5 times fast, whew!). I am so excited and very grateful that God has been opening so many doors so quickly. This has all been thrown together over the last two weeks or so. Mark has been amazing! He went with me to the Admissions Office to get everything worked out (which we didn't), then he went by himself while I was at work and took everything that needed to be turned in and stood in line for over an hour!
In addition to being amazingly supportive and getting me back to school, my amazing husband is searching his career choices. He still wants to do Law Enforcement and is trying to figure out a way to get his foot in the door. He is trying to apply with Florida Highway Patrol. He is also looking at getting his Security Officer Licenses. He is still working at Al's Army Navy, but we aren't sure how much longer that will last. He isn't really enjoying it and even if the owner isn't ready to admit it, the store is gradually sinking. I would be surprised if it made it to the end of 2011.
As we get ready to celebrate our first wedding anniversary, I can't help but pause and try to remember everything that has happened in this past year. No, we are not where we thought we would be as 2010 wraps up. But we are still growing more and more in love, growing as individuals and as a couple, and growing in our faith in God. We have so much to be thankful for, that it is hard to sit and complain about not following "our plan". We decided to follow a much better plan for our lives, God's plan. I am so thankful and so blessed to have a God-fearing husband. We all make mistakes and we don't always do what we should. but in the end, we are all God's children and the only reason we are saved is through God's grace and mercy. I am equally as blessed to have such amazing and supportive parents who are not only being supportive about our career choices, but have allowed us to live with them, even though they are tight for space.
Overall, 2010 has been a blessed year. God is good, all the time :)
Happy New Year!
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