Where did all the time go?

As I sit here tonight, this is the 30th Valentine's Day that John and I have shared. So much has happened and yet I still feel like I am 29. Okay, not really, but I certainly don't feel old enough to have shared 30 Valentine's Days with my spouse already! But the facts add up:

• 25 years of marriage last June
• 4 children: one married this past November, one in college, one going off to college, and one starting high school in the fall. [Really--weren't they just all in diapers?]
• 3 editions of Saxon Algebra
• one son-in-law
• only one still on this earth from my nuclear family, as my dear sister, Sue, went to be with the Lord this past November.

It is a testimony to how God has worked in our lives:

• marriage still growing and striving to be honoring to Him (Amen!)
• 4 children who know the Lord: one married to a great guy, one studying hard to obtain a Biology degree, one praying about which college to attend, and one who serves the Lord with a good attitude. [So glad we are beyond diapers and have depth of relationship with each of them!]
• lived through 3 editions of Saxon Algebra -- praise the Lord!
• one son-in-law who knows and follows the Lord --hallelujah!
• missing one father, one mother, and one sister who are all present with the Lord (praise the Lord, again!)

So, thankful that God has guided all this. So thankful my loved ones are with Him. So thankful God is sovereign as He continues to lead us here in Elkhart.