Five years...and counting....

Looking back on five years ago today... that was such a different place in our life together. It seems so intangible... so long ago. At first, approaching our 5th Anniversary, I was in awe that this much time has already passed us by. It happened in a blink. I was about to say, "Where did the time go," but then sat down and realized all that has happened in this time. We were not just sitting still while the world turned on without us. We really have moved forward WITH time! It didn't just pass.

We became a family... There is no room to be selfish anymore because our population has doubled! There are four lives in this circle now, and every decision made affects all four of us.

I won't say it has been a perfect five years. There have been challenges and struggles... all of us trying hard to figure out what we are doing and how to work best with each other. We are still learning.

Five years is just a small slice of our lives. We spent that much time just being infants, then toddlers, then getting ready for kindergarten... so how can I think that five years is sooooooo long? We are still just babies, and we still have so much to learn together...two of us leading this family forward...and trying hard to balance the perfect combination of love, patience, frustration, understanding, faith, joy, and heartache. We're getting there! For the most part, our hard work is paying off, and I reflect on this time as being full of thousands and thousands of smiles, tears, and laughs. Here's to the last five years, and the many more years of opportunity for us to create something fantastic!

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