Rocky Road

8 days ago marked our 4 months of marriage. In the first four months we have loved each other more than we thought possible. We laughed at a party thrown for us when we returned from our destination wedding, everyone at the party when asked for advice mentioned that the first year is the hardest. Our first thought was, how could life with my best friend be hard? For 3 years (I knew he was THE ONE after 3 months), I dreamt of our marriage (not just our wedding, which was fabulous) and how great it would be to share the rest of my life with this windfall man. So, when people said it would be difficult, we said there is no way that life can be difficult when we have each other. I am happy to say that our relationship is stronger than ever, and continues to thrive. We continue to grow in love each day, something we thought impossible. It's funny, people were partly right. Our relationship is fantastic, but life itself has been challenging. Living 5 hours away from his family and 16 hours away from mine has been difficult, especially for me. He has lived away from family and friends for a while and has found his own ways of dealing with it. I, on the othe hand, have never lived more than 10 minutes away from family and friends. This has been difficult, especially because of difficulties making friends, but we have overcome it. In the past week I have continued to repeat a quote from mother Teresa in my head: "I know God won't give me more than I can handle, I just wish he didn't trust me so much." We have encountered another issue in our lives (I can't share details yet), and are in need of some prayers. We continue to pray and thank God for our blessings and we know that he will provide. Being patient is difficult. God truly is humbling us.