Sunday Snapshot {together ever after}

Eleven years and one day ago, two starry-eyed kids stood in a small country church in front of a gathering of family and friends.  That day they made a covenant before God to walk the road of life together.

The solemn promise they made included phrases like, in good times AND in bad, for richer AND for poorer, in sickness AND in health. 

The years have included all of the above.

There were adventurous months lived in southwest France that included skiing in the Alps nearly every other weekend

AND there was the unexpected death of her father.

There were camping trips to admire the beauty of God's creation

AND there was facing the stress of sudden unemployment ~ three times.

There were years of good health when they almost believed they were invincible

AND there was his brush with death following a misdiagnosed ruptured appendix.

There was the several year time period of earnestly seeking God's will as it related to them becoming parents.
AND the abundant blessings they received when they followed that will and stepped into the role of parenthood once,

twice,

three times over.

Eleven years and one day later, they are no longer "kids."  And they no longer have stars in their eyes.  That's okay though because those stars have long since been replaced by a more mature look of deeper love.

Somewhere along the journey they've found that, partnered with God, they can endure the toughest of storms and savor the sweetest of times, "together ever after"...

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Now get on over to Stefanie's blog to see what others chose to focus on this week.  Sunday Snapshots are some of my favorite times to "blog hop."