The Story of My Life

Hey guys.

This link is from a challenge on a blog I just started following.  The challenge was to write every day in the month of May.  She provides the writing prompts for each day.


Now, it's not May.  It's not even the first day of the month.  And I can probably assure you that I won't write for thirty-one days in a row.  Maybe someday.  (Probably never.)
The first writing prompt was to write the story of your life in no more than 250 words.  (I hate myself for hearing One Direction's song every time I read/write "the story of my life.")
So here it goes.  (Let me just say, it's hard to decide what is worth including in so few words.)

I was the first of two daughters born to my parents.  My sister was born three years later, and we’ve been best friends since.  We had a wonderful childhood that revolved around church, extended family, and playing.  We lived in the same house for our whole lives, and wouldn’t have it any other way.  My dad was a big advocate of family vacations, so we have many fun memories of the different places we visited.

I was a good student, but hated high school.  After two years of junior college, I transferred to Trinity International University and majored in English Communications.  While I still have no idea what I want to do with my life, I think writing and art are involved somehow.

While at school, I met my husband, Jered.  We had a somewhat turbulent dating period, but God really worked in our relationship.  He popped out of a large gift box on a Christmas morning to propose.  I was shocked and elated.

Now, after just over a year and a half of marriage, I continue to learn about and from him.  He teaches me about myself without trying.  It blesses me to see how God moves in his heart, and I pray that He works the same way in mine.

We spent our first year in Chicago, but decided we needed more rural scenes in our lives.  Our dreams for the future include building our own home, raising children, traveling, and finding time for our hobbies.

Well, that's it.  That's what you need to know about my life.  

In other news, I think I'm getting sick from a dirty humidifier or running when it was cold.  Deep chest pain.  Ow.  Please, don't let it be allergy season yet!  I don't know if I can handle another year like last year.  And I really don't want to be sick for the fun weekend ahead!

Hope you're all having a spectacular/bearable Monday.

Aim