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“If you happen to be in town...”

... would you go to prom with me?” 11 years ago Wes asked me that question over the phone and it changed our relationship, and our lives, forever. That’s another story for another time. But almost 4 years ago, one of the first nights after bringing Sophia home from the hospital, Wes repeated that question and I just wept openly. I could weep now just thinking about it. He said it because we both couldn’t believe this life God has given us. Amazed at the love story He’s written us. Amazed at how we now had a child together. Making babies, being parents, raising children for the Lord, it’s exhausting and definitely a strain on marriage at times. But more than that, it is a new level of intimacy and fun that you just can’t experience without kids. Since Sophia, we journeyed through a miscarriage which also drew us closer and bonded us in a new way, Liza’s pregnancy and now almost two years of life, and in 8 days we will be holding our newest baby, Lydia June. As we prepare for her birth one of the things I’m most excited about is the new level of intimacy I’ll experience with Wes again. It’s just so good. Having a baby together and raising a family. And somehow it just keeps getting better. Watching the love of your life hold your baby- there’s nothing in the world like it, but then also watching him hold your preschooler and speak gently to her and pray with her, and make her laugh and become this little girl’s whole world, there’s nothing like that either. Thank you Lord for the gift of marriage and the gift of children and how it all works so beautifully together for your glory.


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