On Being a New Wife, P. 2

I'm pretty sure I'm going to make this a new feature on my blog and run it each Friday. But what do I do? Do I share what's happened in the past week to make me a better wife than the week before? Or do I share what I like and don't like about it? I'll be feeling it out for a while until I dial in precisely what it should be.

This week has been a tough week for Dan and I both. The other night, I was really struggling with wondering where are we headed? My life has been spent waiting for the next step: in high school I was waiting for NTBI. Once I left NTBI, I was in community college headed for my degree. That changed, and I began dating Dan and moved to California. Dan and I got engaged, and then I got a job shortly after. Once we were engaged, I was planning and waiting for our wedding. Now that we're married and I have a job, I feel as though I'm just waiting for the weekend. I'm learning though, that this time is so precious. In a little while, we will look back and miss and covet this time.


Another thing: Dan and I both have been struggling a bit to work on our individual prayer life. Also, we're not in a consistent pattern of attending church together yet, as some Saturdays we get to bed too late and I'm too exhausted and in too much pain to go... but that needs to change. I need to be in community, especially with my husband. It'll be so healthy!

Dan lost his job this week, but it had nothing to do with him getting fired. The woman he worked for simply struggles as a leader and manager, and doesn't really know how to be either, making it miserable and difficult for Dan to do his job fully. Wednesday, all of that ended and now the Lord is refreshing his spirit. Also, we are really having to cut back on both big and small purchases, eating out, and even groceries. I'm dying to get a car of my own, as a big cargo van is difficult enough to drive, much less in southern California traffic. (I'm pretty sure the only requirement to get your license in this state is to have a pulse.) But I understand that right now is a time to hold back.


To be honest, I don't like living in a tiny apartment with only one car that I can't even drive, but let's look at the whole picture: we have food on the table for at least three meals a day, we have coffee brewing as soon as we wake up, we live four blocks from the beach, I have a job two blocks from our apartment, we have clean clothes and gas money, free internet, and we don't pay for water or electricity. We are so blessed! Oh, duh, AND we have EACH OTHER! God is so good, He is so good all of the time. He is my treasure.

Happy Friday! Enjoy your weekend.
Tomorrow, Dan and I have another wedding reception, mainly for Dan's church family, so that's exciting. And then Sunday we are going to his old church to be blessed in our marriage in front of the whole church. Excited to be Dan's wife. I love him so much.




Pictures from our honeymoon in San Diego.