So today is the last day in our apartment in Simpsonville! As I sit here surrounded by boxes and the mess that is my house, I can't help but be overwhelmed! Overwhelmed with so many different emotions. Overwhelmed with everything that has happened the last three years. Overwhelmed by how blessed we have been that the Lord has taken care of us every step of the way!
It seems like just yesterday that we were moving away from home, the only home either one of us had ever known. The place where both of our families were, where all of our friends were, where we met 11 years ago as just teenagers, where we had built our lives together! It is no secret that I was very apprehensive about moving away from home, I'm not a huge fan of change! It scares me, plain and simple. I like to be comfortable. I like to know exactly what is going to happen and when it is going to happen. I had never lived anywhere else, so this was a HUGE change for me! But as much as I was scared about this adventure we were about to embark on I never imagined it would be so life changing!
Our pharmacy school years have turned out to be some of the best years of my life! Chris and I have grown so much as a couple in the last three years. We have really had to learn to completely rely on God and each other. We moved to this city where we knew no one, where it was just us! We have been blessed with some of the most amazing friends here, who have become like our second family! I was blessed with one of the BEST jobs in labor and delivery and worked with some of the best people! Chris has learned so much from his classes and is so smart sometimes I feel like he is speaking another language when he is talking to me about school HAHA!!
It really is amazing to look back and see how God works! If we hadn't embarked on this journey, I would have never been introduced to beachbody and the amazing opportunity it has afforded me so far!! I also would have continued to live a life of self-hate. I would have continued on the same hamster wheel I had been on, hating my body and the way it looked, exercising and "eating right" for about two weeks then quitting, then back through the same ordeal. I have finally found my answer, I am finally becoming happy with myself. I have more energy, I enjoy life to the fullest, I am happy, I feel accomplished, I am positive, but most of all I know that this is the life I have chosen. I have made the choices to feel better about myself, I have taken the steps to live a healthier life, nobody has done it for me! Yes I have had people guide me and help me along the way, but I am the one who made the choice to be the me I am today! You are the only one who can choose your life! You have to make the decision if you want to continue on the hamster wheel you've been on or if you want to jump off and make a difference!
So today I'm thankful. I'm thankful for the last three years and everything that has transpired, because those events have led me to where I am today and the person I am today! I'm thankful for the Lords goodness and mercy and grace for taking care of us every step of the way! I'm thankful to our family for always being so supportive. I'm thankful for our friends, old and new, who have made life so much better just by being there and sharing the good times and bad times with us! And lastly I'm thankful for our next adventure and the next because I know they will be amazing!
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