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| My Best Friend |
Nearly fifteen years ago, I met my husband in a bar. Of all places to meet someone, I would have never dreamed this would be the meeting place of my future husband. The evening that we met, was not unlike many other evenings that I had spent at The Jukebox. It was a place that I loved to go line dancing. I generally went by myself, because all of my friends had to work early in the morning. At that time in my life, I was a medical assistant and my shift was 10AM-7PM. I really loved this shift, because I was able to sleep in. On October 22nd, I was persuaded by my roommate to go line dancing. I was feeling rather down in the dumps that day, and she knew that it would cheer me up. After being there for a little while, I looked over and noticed a gentleman standing next to me. Soon after that, we began talking. After talking for a little bit, we danced to the song, "One Boy, One Girl" by Colin Raye. As the evening came to a close, we went our separate ways, but the night would forever be imprinted in our hearts. Within a week, we had both told people that we loved that we had met the person we would marry. Within 11 months, we were married.
It wasn't until years later, that I discovered that Chance only went out that evening to be the designated driver. He really didn't want to go out either, but was also persuaded by a friend. It was this persuasion by our close friends that brought us together that special night.
Our journey over the last fifteen years has been amazing. We have had some really great times and some times that have left a lot to be desired. We have made it through these last fifteen years, because of the faith that we had in Jesus.
In 1995, when we first me we lived in California near my family. At that time, Chance was still active duty in the Air Force at Beale AFB. In 1997, while we were still living on base,Taylor was born. When Taylor was just a little over 2 months old, Chance finished his enlisted time and we moved to Knoxville, Tennessee to be near Chance's father. While in Tennessee, we ended up with our own Construction business. We did this for a few years. In the summer of 1999, Audrianna was born in Knoxville. After a few years in construction, we decided to leave TN. In 2000, we moved here to Illinois to settle near some of Chance's family. He became part of the Air National Guard. After being in Illinois for only a year or so, we received news about Chance having a daughter named, Sydney. This was at the end of 2001. At that time, Sydney was 6 years old. Shortly after we met her in 2002, Sydney came and lived with us and has been with us ever since. In 2003, Chance got orders to leave for a year and only ended up being gone for 3 months. Shortly after he returned, I became pregnant with Jaden, who was born in 2004 in Effingham, IL. In the month of September 2006, I was able to adopt Sydney and she became my daughter. In May of 2007, we took Jaden to Los Angeles to have a new ear made. When Jaden was born, he was born with only an earlobe on one side. He has a condition called hemifacial-microsomia, which caused this. He has no canal, but after his surgery he has a beautiful ear. It is a prosthetic ear, but it has been a blessing. In May of 2008, we went back for one more surgery to finish up the cosmetic part of his ear.
God has blessed us so richly with all of our children. Taylor was our first child and what a blessing that he has been in our lives. Taylor has such a great sense of humor and works so hard at always trying to make others laugh and to please them. He has the desire and ability to learn that are simply amazing. Audrianna was our first daughter and a joy to be blessed with. Audrianna has a love for life that is simply contagious. She is a very creative young lady that could make something out of nothing. Her imagination is so endless that you don't ever have to worry about her being bored, because she is able to always find something to do. Sydney is our oldest daughter, but our third child. She has been such an endless gift, since the day that she walked into our lives. Her love for the Lord and her care and compassion for other people's feelings is truly uplifting. She is always thinking of others and putting them first. She is truly wise for such a young lady and has a servant's heart. Jaden is our youngest son and the last born. Jaden has only normal hearing out of one ear. I would have assumed this would keep him from learning as a normal 6-year old. This has been completely untrue. Not only has continued to learn at a normal rate, but he has exceeded standards for his age. His capacity and ability to learn is beyond anything I could have hoped for. His ability to understand the Bible has totally amazed all of us. God is so good!
This evening, my beautiful children decided that Chance and I were going to have a candlelight dinner. They set up a table downstairs and had the regular table set for the two of us upstairs. Chance and I were told to get all dressed up. The kids dressed up as waiters and had a CD player set up with the first song that we ever danced to playing quietly over and over again. We all had steak, baked potatoes and broccoli. We had a very nice evening!
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| Table set for 2--Kids in waiter outfits |
Fifteen years have gone by in the blink of an eye, but they have been filled with memories that I will never forget. Some of these memories were good and some were less desirable. The one thing that has been constant throughout these 15 years, was Jesus! He is the one thing that hasn't ever changed. Even when things were really bad between us a few years ago, He was there helping us work through things. We made it through and our relationship is stronger for all of the struggles that we have had. I am looking forward to the next 15 years. I hope that we make it at least to 68 years, like my amazing Grandparents!
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| Grandmother & Grandpappy---68 Years Together (June 2010) |
May God bless all of your relationships! And remember ANYTHING is possible with God!
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