This is the real me.

Yesterday, Scotty and I celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary!!!! I don't know about every other married person, but every year when my anniversary comes around I think back about all the ups and downs and how we made it through another year. Commitment, loyalty, faith, love, forgiveness, hope, optimism--I have grown so much in all those areas the last 8 years....... Year 1 was marked by tragedy. My sister's fiancee was killed by a drunk driver as he traveled home after our wedding. My first week of marriage was spent not on a honeymoon but grieving with my sister and attending a tragic funeral. As I had been so busy making wedding plans and prepping for the big day, I had not been doing all the things I needed to in order to stay spiritually strong. So I was hit hard by this. Really hard. My faith was hit like never before. Thus began the worst summer of my life. By year 2 I had lost hope of ever having a really happy marriage. I was committed to marriage and to God, even m