Another Year Older

I have been in the mode to do some reflecting in the last few days. June 14th, Aaron and I will celebrate our 4 year wedding anniversary, June 19th Jordan and I will celebrate our birthdays (big 16 for him!), June 17th we will celebrate Father's Day, and June 27th Lyndsey will turn 15. With all of those things time to reflect has to be stolen here and there, but to me it is important. Aaron and I are continually amazed and thankful for the trials that God has brought us to AND through. It is awe inspiring at times. I cannot believe that my first born, Jordan, will be driving. I had him on my 19th birthday, still a baby myself, not a clue in the world what I would do with him when they made me leave the hospital, and then just over a year later in the same place with Lyndsey. In the following days after coming home from the hospital with her and a one year old in tow, I spent a lot of nights by myself wondering why God trusted me enough to give me not one but two small lives to take charge of. Whatever the reason, I knew that I would give it the best shot that I could. We have grown together and I often feel a little bad for my husband who was just one person coming into the bond of three people! This leads me to Father's Day. I have often heard that girls gravitate towards men that are similar to their own fathers. I think I got pretty close. My husband's parenting style reminds me so much of my own Father's style, hard working, no nonsense with a soft side. (Lyndsey seems to have the only free pass straight to the soft side!) since my diagnosis with MS in 2010, I have said more than once that God waited to put this on me until I had someone to lighten my load. I fully believe this. Without him, WE wouldn't have made it through the last two years. He picks up with the kids right where I am not able. I realized the other day that Jordan probably goes to him more than he comes to me, and that is monumental to me. With all of the things I have to be thankful for, I hardly have time to think about the rest!