A Martin Minute

Here is a wedding pic JoJo scanned for me . . . I loved my dress!!

Tomorrow will be fifteen years with my best friend! Fifteen years of being real and in the trenches and having fun along the way. (I do not have a wedding pic on our computer, because we are too old for that - we had negatives.) I cannot imagine life any other way.  I cannot imagine life without you. I love the adventures we come across and those we create. I love that we are a whole lot different and a whole lot the same all at the same time. I love the way you are selfless. I love the way you love our families, kiddos and me. I love the way you work hard. I love that you role model Christ love in our home. I love you! Happy Anniversary! This is just the beginning . . .

There are times when I think I would like to keep them all home forever - then there are times I "shoo" them out the front door & tell them to run & I will call them back later. Then there are times like today - I dropped my princess at camp & will not see her for a week.  This was a time when I wished all my chickadees could stay safely in my nest forever.  But, would that nest be the best?  I think her growing & flourishing & figuring some things out on her own is a great place for her to be, but I miss her like crazy! I sat on my floor late last night, after some packing & CRIED like a baby.  I cried because I know she might get a little homesick & someone else would fix it, but I also cried because I am so proud of her & who she is becoming.  I also cried as I reminded myself to give her to GOD.  She is not mine, she is HIS.  HE will go with her to camp & take care of her.  HE will heal her heart if she gets homesick.  HE will watch o