Piers and Sharks...OH MY Part 2

More of the fun in the Sunshine State...on the boardwalk

Piers and Sharks...OH MY

This year was a first for Troy, Kate and I. We decided to visit the pier on our Trip to Florida. After all these years, 20 plus for me, I finally ventured to see what the pier was all about. We really enjoyed ourselves and even got to touch a shark. The 3 amigos and our new adventure. I love that we all are so close and I got to spend quality time with both of my soul mates!!!

Two...Two..Two

Troy and I celebrated our two years anniversary back on the beach we got married on. It was so nice to be back there and see where two years have brought us. I still sometimes have a hard time believing I am married. I really didn't think I would ever get married or find someone I genuinely thought I could love a lifetime. God has truly blessed me with an amazing husband. We just go together and I can't wait to see what he has in store for us.

FaceBook Syndrome

I have heard so many people say recently that they are ok with where their lives but they can’t believe how far behind or how different their lives are from FaceBook friends.. In a way I can see where they are coming from but then other times I just want to scream are you kidding me. FaceBook is just like Hollywood, chances are it’s only the good stuff they show and there are a lot a fake people out there. Who really puts on their FaceBook wall, life would be better if my husband didn’t beat me every day, or so Happy my wife had an affair, or my child is a drug addict, or we are filling bankruptcy but still living as though we are keeping up with the Jones’s. Let’s get real, we put the things that are good, we put the things we don’t mind the whole world knowing, and there are a select few that put some hard realities on FaceBook. I have come to be happy where I am at. Did I get married at 28 and my husband was 38, yes. Are we now 30 and 40 with no children, yes. Do we live in a townhouse because we can’t afford to have a house in the neighborhoods we would prefer to live in, yes. Do I care that someone I went to highschool with has been married for 8 years and has 3 kids no, it’s not my life nor is it where I am supposed to be. If I had gotten married out of high school or in college, I would now be divorced or a single mom and I am not. I met my husband when I was 23, and I was in no shape to get married. Yes, sometimes we wish things were better, or certain life events didn’t happen but just because someone else “seems” to have it all together, you don’t know what they are going through or have been through. I am not trying to walk in someone else’s shoes, mine or worn and weathered but they are perfect. I had a rough road to where I am but my Lord and Savior rescued me and has blessed me more than I could ever ask or deserve. Even along the broken road I made some amazing friends and still have some great memories. I have a husband that is my best friend, someone I love with all my heart, but have had my own struggles with and vice versa and I couldn’t imagine my life with anyone else. People let’s stop comparing ourselves to others and learn to be content with where God has us. Even if you are in the middle of a storm right now, God is good, and who knows what the other side of it is going to look like. I got one of my greatest blessings through the storms of my life and that was my testimony and next my husband. I don’t regret what has happened in my life because God has taught me some amazing things and has given me a ministry out of my misery. I choose not to get swallowed alive by the FaceBook syndrome and accept things how they are in my own little reality. We are doing just fine!!!