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Isn't she beautiful (I am holding the flowers, cut off on the side there. haha) |
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Tabitha and I at a baseball game (Jeremy is off getting refreshments, if I remember correctly.) |
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Tabitha and Jordan |
Early on, Tabitha was diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syndrome, which I also have, after having endometriosis as a teenager. Her chances of having a child got slim. They took fertility drugs trying to conceive, but only could afford a few months...
Tabitha and Jeremy with Jordan at his first birthday party |
simultaneously, she conceived Jordan, their son and first born child, without the aid of drugs.
If that wasn't miracle enough, (a little too) shortly after Jordan was born, she conceived again... her darling twin daughters, Kylee and Natalee.
They will be one in August.
Tabby pregnant with the twins, at her shower |
After having the girls, Tabitha and Jeremy's life changed again when a few months later, they finally moved out of her parents lives and became the master and mistress of their own home.
They moved near Jeremy's work.
Tabitha with the twins in the double stroller at one of our favorite places to go, Hatcher Gardens |
Then, just after she got her helmet, Jeremy lost his job. Admirably, Jeremy scrambled and (barely) made ends meet. He worked doing yard work for an old lady while Tabitha sold everything they could possibly find a buyer for both online and at the flea market. Then he found a job loading trucks... only to injure his back on the second day!
Suddenly her husband was bed ridden and Tabitha had babies she couldn't afford daycare for... what were they going to do?
the twins as itty bitty babies! |
Blessedly, a combination of friends and creativity (such as selling more stuff, coupons, etc) kept
them together until Jeremy miraculously healed. (The doctors thought he might have a slipped disk, which would have incapacitated him for weeks.) And he found a job, which he adores, and still
has...
Meanwhile, Kylee got out of the helmet and her head issues are resolved.. but she still has other issues. She may need surgery soon. She is officially special needs, and stay-at-home-mommy Tabitha has become a chauffeur to multiple therapy sessions every week between her two daughters.
Tabitha with Jordan a few weeks before I left |
Today they celebrate five years and I'm so very happy for them.
As for myself, you've been with me through most of it. I actually started this blog two months after she and Jeremy got married. Back then it was anonymous. I was also working then... with Tabitha, funnily enough. We both worked at the same office for a while. Then I got laid off, and she was too a few months later.
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Me holding Kylee before I left |
In the summer of 2009, my ex Eric and I ended in a most dramatic way... and God, through my uncle, let me know something was coming in a year.
In January of 2010 I was hired to work with my other best friend, Lydia, on a website... until it launched. I was migrating content, primarily in two different sections. I loved it. Definitely the best job I've had... but alas, temporary. It ended in March.
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Tabby and I |
After that I was unemployed for 19 and a half months. It was an incredibly long time... but in June of that year something incredible happened.
I met Ryan on a Christian dating website.
From the beginning we talked 7 hours a day, most days. God revealed in dramatic ways that He intended us for each other (you can read more under the "Our Story" tab at the top.)
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My Ryan |
My next job began in November 2011 and was also temporary, as a seasonal cashier. It was
one of the many baby blankets I've crocheted for friends |
I have not had a regular job since. I've done the random day here or there, (such as when I was hired to clean out roach infested animal cages or when I worked the ticket booth at a local auditorium when they were short staffed) or sponsored post on my blog, but paid work has been an anomaly in my adult life, sadly.
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Me, a webcam shot from when I was working on a blog post |
God knows we need work, and He highlighted my blog to me as work, and I devoted myself to it... recently it's suffered as I have different work in addition as a housewife now, but it's been a positive outpouring of effort for me, and I hope a ministry that has touched people.
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Ryan and I, together at last. |
After this, in my life, began the build up to the move and marriage. So much drama and set backs, so many shifted timelines and expectations and plans!
But finally on November 29th, 2012 I landed in
the Delhi airport and met my Ryan for the first time.
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Exchanging Rings! |
Now I'm adjusting to this new culture, this new family, and this new role in my life as housewife (I can't legally work until after Ryan and I have been married a year, minimum.) I've been spending time considering, pondering, and studying housewifery lately, which I can tell is a blog post in the making.
I'm looking back and remembering those two twenty-two year old girls five years ago and wondering what in the world would they think if they knew where they'd be in five years?
I think both would be shocked by the twists life had in store for them.
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Ryan and I on our honeymoon |
I also think, having heard the whole scope, both would totally still choose the same path (though maybe we'd have tried to fix a few of our errors along the way!)
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