Happy belated Thanksgiving! Moments to be thankful for

Though this message is late thanks to a week filled with laughter and delicious food, it is truly heart-felt. This past year has been filled with many, many wonderful things for which I am truly grateful. I have been beyond blessed to have successfully completed my education, obtain a good job that pays beyond what I could've imagined, become the future bride of an incredible man, and be surrounded by the love, guidance, and support of family and friends. Graym and I's engagement has been exciting and special thanks to those we love and are loved by. Thank you, all, for all your contributions, large and small. :)

One moment I was especially thankful for this Thanksgiving week was Graym and I's first "marriage counseling" session. I put that in quotes because though our counseling sessions haven't officially started, we were both incredibly blessed by the wisdom and guidance we received that evening. Though we were prepared to sit down with Aunt Beth and Uncle Coty (Graym's uncle and our officiant) to discuss marriage counseling with them, we never expected to be joined to by five beautiful married couples in Graym's family. Needless to say, it was a night to be remembered.

We were surrounded by couples that varied in the length of their marriage promise: from Thomas and Kay, who have been married just under a year, to Grammie and Bapa who have had over 60 years of love and happiness. Aunt Beth and Uncle Coty simply stated that they wanted us to receive helpful tips, advice, and prayer from these married couples and opened the floor to an evening of insight. Everyone shared a piece of their heart, from the wonderful moments in their marriages, the mistakes that lead them to becoming a better husband and wife, the things that they learned and were passing on, and the hardships that they themselves wish they had been advised about. Graym and I just listened, holding hands, feeling the intimacy that filled the room.

We were truly blessed that night and ended the evening much more humbled than we started it. We learned so much and are even more excited to start our life together and apply our wonderful advice. My goal as a wife is to love Graym in the way the he deserves, the way that God created him to be loved, and in the way that God loves him. Surrounded by beautiful and godly wife's like Aunt Beth, Kay, and Grammie whom I can turn to for direction, prayer, and encouragement, I have no doubt that I can do that :)