North Point Live

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Coming to a year

What a year it has been. It was this time last year I was interviewing for a new job, planning a wedding and trying to stay sane in the midst of all of it. Brandon and I have been so incredible blessed over the last year to have such support from family and friends during our first year of marriage. Which I am so thankful that we have! It has been so amazing to learn so much over this last year about being a wife. I remember thinking "how am I going to know what to contribute to making our marriage work?". With the amazing husband I have, he was quick to remind me that God left a book with the best advice, The Bible. Through this last year I have tired to use that as my guidance. Seeing how you become a little bit unsure who's advice to take, not that anyone has bad intentions, it is just there is not much success out there.

Through this last year we have both grown so much. Brandon is such a wonderful husband and I thank God for him everyday. He has grown to be such an amazing Godly man. It is so amazing to see who he has become and the strength he has within him. I could not ask for a better head of our house and family.

We have gone through some struggles along the way, don't get me wrong. The realization of our marriage taking work came quick. With transitioning jobs,careers, moving and learning to share a space with each other, and sharing money management there were moments. But we always ended up celebrating our accomplishments of getting through them and learning and growing from them. It is rather funny that everyone is quick to tell you that your first year is such a hard year. But what they left out is that I would fall in love with my husband all over again and in such a different way. I would see him in such a different light then I could ever see him before we were married. I thank God for that!

I think for me the hardest thing for me the face this year is what a wife is "suppose" to do,be and look like. What expectations were on me as a wife felt just so unrealistic and I struggled with that a lot through out this last year. I felt that it was my responsibility to ensure the house was cleaned, laundry done and dinner cooked and oh and work and ensure that everything was in order with how everyone in the house wanted it. That became very exhausting after a while and I would get frustrated with myself when not everything was done. Plus there were days that I just wanted and probably did cry, I just did not want to clean or do another thing around the house. It did not take long until Brandon realized what was going on and we addressed it and now we do it together. I still love keeping our house in order, I just realized that it was not all my responsibility. I am not sure where I got the image I did in my head that I needed to do it all. But I am very thankful that with God and the support of my loving husband I do not struggle with that as much. Now I try to ensure that I am loving my husband and encouraging him through out this amazing life journey that we are on together.

Now that we are coming to the end of our first year, I am so thankful for all the support and prayers we have from all our family and friends. I am just so thankful for such a great, supportive husband that I could not thank God for enough! I am excited to see what God has in store for us this next year. The first year has been a ton of learning and I am excited to see what growing he has for us. So please keep praying for us and keep encouraging us. We are just so thankful for everyone that is in our life!