How's Married Life?

There is an unwritten rule for topics of conversation with newlyweds; "How's married life?" As the newlywed-ness wears off, conversation leads to "When ya'll gonna have a baby?" We've come to expect this question, nonetheless, and I'm here to say, I love being married but I'm not ready to be a mother... just yet. In fact, I still don't feel like a grown up. I don't feel old enough to be a married woman, let alone old enough to be a mother. I don't feel old enough to have the responsibilities of 401Ks, IRAs, health/home/auto insurance, mortgage, bills, and all of the headaches that come along with grown up things. I'm only 26 for goodness sakes!

But the truth of the matter is, I am one of the happiest married women you will find. Yesterday was our 1 Year Wedding Anniversary and boy what a year it has been. I feel so blessed to be married to my best friend, my hero, and my soul mate. I don't know were life would have taken me without the love and support I get from Woody. Although neither of us really love suburban life in Lexington, we do our best to make each other happy with what the Lord has blessed us with. He has truly provided for us this year with a wonderful church, a house, one fabulous car, one heck-of-a V8 "Big Boy Toy", stable jobs, very little debt with the exception of our house, and more recently, Max the Mutt. Our house has slowly transformed from college hand-me-down mis-matched rooms to a home of furniture that reflects our personalities, well almost. Oh what a joy it is to finally have matching furniture! What a feeling it is to feel taken care of by my husband and provided for by our Lord. What a blessing this year has been! Our dreams of country living and having children will come soon enough. We will welcome the opportunity with open arms when the timing is right.

More to come on Max the Mutt and our Anniversary weekend in the Smokies...