Today we celebrate our eighth anniversary. Like most marriages, it is not the fairy tale day that we often wish for….Dh is in Afghanistan…I am in Alabama…not exactly the romantic dinner and date I had hoped for….I am sure not the one Les hoped for either…A blended family takes time to become cohesive.  After all we took two entirely different sets of children, cultures, expectations and histories and put them under one roof. We added deployments to war zones, teenage hormones, and two very much in love adults…..full time jobs, extended family illnesses…..things that real life is made of, but through it all I have had the strength of knowing that Les and I committed our marriage to God…that God restored our families and allowed us to find a new life together….

We are especially thankful this day for extended families and for the children’s other parents. We have not always seen everything through the same lenses, but we all kept trying to, and despite really difficult times and the best of times, our lives are made better by our decisions to keep the children first….after our lives together failed.

I am married to the most incredible man.  A man who loves me and our children dearly…who tolerates more than i can imagine with a fly by the seat of her pants kinda wife who is thrilled every day when he comes through the door at home….

and I look so very forward to his return from Afghanistan to do just that….

Happy Anniversary Les Berry….I do so love you!