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Thirteen.

September 21, 2015 by Adrienne

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Thirteen years ago today, Blaine and I were married.

It’s been the happiest, craziest, most stressful, shortest, fullest years of my life.

The first two years were, honestly, awful. I spent the first nine months pregnant and horribly sick. I had massive amounts of growing up to do. I was 18, Blaine was 25 when we married. Liberty was born 9 months 5 days after we married, and she was the screaming-est baby ever. Stress upon stress. We moved three times, once halfway across the country. We fought. Oh my word, we fought.

But. We got past it. We started to see the reasons we’d chosen one another in the first place again. Life got slightly easier. My second pregnancy wasn’t nearly so awful as the first, and Eden was a far happier baby than Liberty had been.

We moved again, halfway across the country. Again. God had  alot to teach me on depending only on Him and my husband. I watched my husband sacrifice for the girls and I, working two jobs at opposite ends of the day, trying to make ends meet. We had no one but each other, knew no one in a strange town.

We moved again. We had a baby. And we moved again. And had another baby. We moved again… Halfway across the country. We bought a house and moved again. We had two more babies. We lost two babies. We had one more baby. We anticipate another baby due this winter.

Life hasn’t turned out anything like I’d imagined. But. I’m so thankful for this dear man by my side, the children he’s given me, the crazy life we have. Thirteen years later, I wouldn’t trade the times spent, the lessons learned, the stresses that made us stronger for anything. It’s made us who we are, our marriage what it is, and, prayerfully, been a pitiful picture of Christ and the Church.

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About Adrienne

A homeschooling mother of ten, ages 19 and under, I chronicle life, laughs, struggles, and lessons learned as I raise a larger-than-most sized family and try to laugh about the craziness.

Comments

  1. Laura's Ramblings says

    September 21, 2015 at 10:18 am

    Congrats! Praying blessings and continued insights on what God has intended for your marriage!
    Laura

  2. Charlotte Moore says

    September 21, 2015 at 10:32 am

    I truky admire how you and your husband stayed together even with all the fights and stress. So many throw it all away without giving it a chance. GOD BLESS you and yours.

    HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!

  3. Clarissa says

    September 21, 2015 at 11:05 am

    Happy 13th anniversary!!
    Every time I read about your story, I am amazed at how much we have in common! My husband and I dated for 8 months (engaged for 4) before getting married September 28, 2002. He is 6 years older than me. We have 8 children, one went to heaven 88 minutes after birth, so have 7 children living. We homeschool. 🙂 Good and hard life, hey??! God bless!

  4. Kirsten Pankratz says

    September 21, 2015 at 1:36 pm

    Congratulations! Your story is such an inspiration because it seems like it’s been quite a whirlwind and yet you courageously push through the hard times, see the humor in the crazy times and have the wisdom to love-a lot! Hope you have a Wonderful time celebrating your anniversary and the road that God is leading you down!

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