Catching Up

In the interest of launching this new blog, let me recap the major shift(s) my life has undergone in the last 4 years. In June of 2007, I was a single girl, turning 25, working for the Girl Scouts and sharing my first condo with my puppy, Paisley (and a roommate).

In July, I met a tall, funny, cute, all-around wonderful guy at a country line dancing bar. Within a few weeks, we were dating, I knew he was the one I wanted to spend the rest of my life with, and I also received the news that my mom's tumor was back and really couldn't be stopped.

In May/June of 2008, I left the Girl Scouts to work at a church, Wade graduated from college & returned to Charlotte, and I spent my mom's final days trying to take in enough of her love, beauty and godly wisdom to sustain me for the next 60 years. She was freed from her earthly body on the 4th of July.

In October of 2008, Wade whisked me away to NYC for a day and asked me to be his wife. We got married on May 30, 2009. Six months later, we decided to try to sell the condo, and ended up moving into our new house in January 2010. Mother's Day weekend brought us the news that our first baby was on the way. Six more months and we finally got rid of the condo, just in time to welcome Caden Mitchell on January 22, 2011.

This blog is the story of our family.