I gave you a small glimpse of who I am, but I think you need to know a little bit more about truly who I am to fully understand this journey. I grew up with a very loving family. Both my parents are very involved in my life. As previously mentioned, I have two brothers. Both are older than me, so yes, you are correct. I am the baby and the only girl. I am the epitome of a “Daddy’s girl”. The people close to me in my life call me spoiled. I prefer to use “loved.”

I would be lying if I said anything other than my life was easy. I grew up with whatever I needed and most, if not all, of what I wanted. I grew up going to church weekly and accepted Jesus into my life at a very young age. In fact, I remember laying in my bed, with my pink comforter, and asking my mom how to ask Jesus into my heart. From that moment forward, I have tried my best to show His love throughout my life.

I have absolutely loved children for as long as I can remember. I was the little girl who carried a baby doll EVERYWHERE I went. Like, I still remember my baby doll’s name was Caleb. He had a car seat, a playpen, a highchair, and all the accessories. If you ask the people who used to babysit me they would tell you my babydoll had to have REAL baby clothes. Not play clothes. He was a member of the family.

I knew from a very young age I wanted to get married and have a family. I dreamed of what my wedding would look like long before I ever knew who I would marry. I had life all planned out. I met my husband one month into college. He says he knew the moment he saw me he told his roommate he would marry me. Before getting engaged we had talked about what age we wanted to be married, when we wanted to have kids, how many kids we wanted to have, and all those married couple things. Little did we know God was laughing while we were talking.

We ended up getting married after 6 years of dating. He is AMAZING. No one’s marriage is perfect, but ours is pretty close. He loves all things hunting and outdoors and convinced me to also love those things. People used to tell me all the time I would never find a man that spoiled me like my daddy and I am here to tell you, THEY LIED. He would do anything and everything for me. God is number one in our marriage, but coming in strong at second place is each other. I am so thankful that I can tell you our marriage is so much stronger, because of this journey.

Next time, we will dive right into my first pregnancy and miscarriage. This is my warning, it’s some tough emotions to feel and experience.

John 14:6 Jesus answered him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life; no one goes to the Father except by me.