Our family just turned 5 years old. That’s 261 weeks and 60 months spent with my favorite people. It’s been exhilarating, overwhelming, busy, emotional, and nothing but the feels. Many stories were created, some to share and some to keep. It is in my heart to share our journey in the past 5 years in 5 paragraphs.
During the first year of our family, it was just the two of us in our surreal honeymoon phase. My husband and I working day jobs, treasuring the evenings and weekends getting to know each other better. That first year’s determination was undivided attention. We were learning to share, compromise, grow and even grieve as a couple after a miscarriage. Through all of it, we became more powerful as one. We secured a strong bond.
“There is alway a rainbow after every storm.’’ Ours was a living miracle. A beautiful baby girl was gifted to us from above. Then, just like that there were three of us. Super new at this whole parenting thing, we learned from our mistakes. Camera roll was full of the newest family member. Attention had to be shared. She was the cutest third wheel ever. Turns out that babies are not that interested in big crowds, loud people, or even late nights. We had to learn to slow our pace.
There were three of us during our third year of marriage. Honeymoon stage continued when the toddler was down. Traveling as a couple really helped with maintaining the flame of our marital love alive. Date nights were crucial to catch up. Fortunately, our toddler was super easy going along and well-likeable. We didn’t mind trading in our date nights for a family night in. In fact, we had recently bought our first home. Which was exciting and a lot of work to remodel!
It also turned out that we had more love to offer. We prayed for a new family addition. While we were waiting on the response, it was our priority to spend as much quality time as possible with our only child. We began to pray and work on a plan for our own future chiropractic clinic. By the end of our fourth year together, we came up with a name for our clinic and a name for our baby #2.
In honor of our five year anniversary, God has granted our wishes. We had another beautiful baby girl. In addition, our first family business was born - Chirohouse Clinic. By answering our prayers during uncertain times of a global pandemic, it was revealed to us that we have God’s permission. We have His “ok” to keep on growing, expanding, and living. We will continue to grow deeper and deeper in love. Expanding our knowledge and learning new skills. Living to the fullest, soaking in life. And working hard to provide our children with the best future. God, we pray you always stay near.