366 days

Thank goodness for leap year, we've had so much happen I don't think 365 would have been enough!

One year ago I was pulling away from Tuscaloosa, AL with many mixed feelings. I was leaving the only life I had known for the past 3 years, So many close friends, and the culmination of my youth years.  I was driving towards my future full of uncertainty. Trusting that love would be enough...Scotty and I had been together for 4 years to the day, we were less than 8 months away from our wedding, and we were full of hope.  In reality he had a good job with which he could comfortably take care of himself. I on the other hand, was fresh out of school but a month away from graduation, no job, and a ton of post college debt. It got tight at times, but looking back the tough times are usually the ones that draw you closest.  Less than a week later we sat together in silence as we watched our hometowns be destroyed by one of the most horrific lines of tornadoes the south has ever seen. We watched together as we say the apartment i had been living in 5 days earlier, leveled.  At that moment we were certain that we had made the right decision.  I searched for a job, but its had to get hired when your vraduation and certification have been delayed because of natural disaster....but the bills still come.  Finally the day came when I received a beautiful piece of paper in the mail saying I was officially a certified teacher in Alabama and South Carolina. Soon thereafter I was making choices about what job I wanted.  Since then I have had to privilege of making the acquaintance of many, a few of which that have became close friends.  Even more than that, I spend my days influencing the minds of those who will one day rule our world.  We were flying back to Alabama on almost a biweekly schedule, and trying to plan a wedding 800 miles away. It is so much of a blur I am still astonished that everything was finished.  Sooner than I thought possible, December came and we were wed! Oh what a day it was. The next day we were in Hawaii! 10 days later, back in South Carolina figuring out how married life works.  Transition time does not exist.  Since we were married, crazy us thought that meant we needed a house too, so The hunt began.  On January 9th we made an offer on a cute little house just perfect for us.  On March 12th we moved in to that cute little house.  The wheels have not stopped spinning since.  Tonight April 21st I sit back and look back at this crazy eventful year.  I know life happens to each of us everyday, but for us this year was the kick off of OUR life.  5 years ago tonight we were on our first date..... I hope these five have just been an excellent preview of the many 365 days we have to come.