3 Days to 10 Years !

Ok, 3 days to go until our 10-year anniversary. If you missed any of the last posts (that started the 10 day countdown), scroll down to read them.

One of the great things about the last 10 years surrounds the friendships we've made as a couple. We both had a good share of friends before we got married but it's great to have some great friends that we've enjoyed as a couple. Of course these are friends outside the most important friends of all that we have... that being our family.

One of the biggest advantages we have in our marriage is a great group of friends who are in similar stages in life and act as a support group for us. I'd love to start naming names but as soon as I do that, I would for sure leave someone out so I'll just leave it to say we are extremely blessed.

We've had accountability partners in the past which was great and still is even though we are not formally meeting. Those friends will forever being linked to us and we love them for how they supported us and helped raise our kids with us. That spawned a great group of "Date Night" friends (many are the same group as the former). This "date night" crew has been a fun group to share in a monthly experience that we all look forward to and frankly work our calendars around!! Anytime we can have a date with our spouse without our kids, we'll take it and this group has provided many opportunities for such. And for this group we are extremely grateful.

Another group of friends that has been very influential and supportive is our Care Group. This monthly support group started before we got married and we joined while we were engaged. And now 10+ years later, it's as strong as ever. Many of our friends in that group have been around since the inception so it's a great stable group of young families that we have been extremely encouraged by. Thanks Care Group friends!!

Of course there are great friends both younger and older than us that we've enjoyed spending time with. And we have several good friends who go to other churches or even live out of town too but they are encouraging just the same.

As I inch closer to our big day on Thursday, I cannot help but say a great big "thanks" to all of our friends out there. Hopefully you all know who special you are to us.

Blessed be your name,
SJ