Year 2: "The Nightmare"

Since we will be out of town over the weekend, I decided to go ahead and post this week's anniversary post reflecting on our second year of marriage.

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Don't let the title frighten you ... but David & I affectionately refer to our

second year of marriage as, "The Nightmare" because it was ... well ... in a word ...

horrible.

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The year started off just fine. We celebrated our first anniversary by spending a couple of nights in a really cozy cabin in the mountains of Tennessee. We went out for a fancy dinner & enjoyed a relaxing weekend.

Just a few short months after this, we moved overseas & everything fell apart.

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Everything came crashing in on us: culture shock, terrible job, miserable living situation, incredible financial stress, broken relationships, pregnancy health issues, etc. We felt completely isolated & abandoned. Of course, we weren't abandoned. God was with us. But, honestly, it did not feel like it at the time.

Ready to get to the good part? Well, when I look back on "The Nightmare" now ... I feel really grateful that we never turned against each other. We were in it together no matter how bad it got. It felt like everywhere we turned we were attacked by something ... but we could always count on each other. We held on to each other, & we made it through that year. And, you know what? More importantly, God was holding on to us. I'm really glad we went through it all ... if we hadn't had such a difficult year, we would not have the marriage that we have today.

If we can come out of that year & still be in love ... I'm pretty sure we can handle anything!

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Tune in next week for ... Year 3: Overjoyed!