And the winner is....

Tina Reynolds!

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Thank you to everyone who participated! I see more giveaways in the future :)

Marriage on a Monday

This morning I read a post titled "For The One Who Married Young". It spoke right to my heart. One line in particular stood out to me: "There will be moments and days and seasons that are really hard. And you’ll be tempted to think it’s because you got married young, but really, it’s just because you got married." Recently, I've been extremely stressed and the thought creeps up that it's because I married young, but when I read those words they brought a sense of comfort to me. She also talked about how "you hold in your heart each other’s worst and best, the awkward movement from child to adult. You are the witnesses of each other’s most sacred lives. Be careful with one another." Josh and I are in that awkward movement from child to adult. We are learning to navigate those waters. We are expected to be adults and handle everything that comes our way, but at the same time we are just young kids trying to figure life out. We fight and pout like children in kindergarten, and I mean what married couple doesn't do that? Haha :) But we always know, at the end of the day, that we love each other and wouldn't trade our young married lives for anything.

Haha I saw this a while ago on Pinterest and had to share it!

For The One Who Married Young

ATL

We headed to Atlanta yesterday for Justin Bieber's concert (Yes, go ahead and judge me :)). Our first stop was at Barnes & Noble for Pattie Mallette's (Justin Bieber's mom) book signing! We got there too late, but long story short one of Pattie's good friends named Chip helped us meet her! It was such an awesome experience and one we will never forget! The concert was of course fantastic!

I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend!

on becoming a young married college student

I just turned nineteen almost a month ago, and I just got married at the end of June. I'm having to learn how to be the best wife I can be while having to adjust to moving away from home for the first time and going to college. I honestly don't feel like I have been the best wife that I could be. My husband and I are both having to adjust to totally new situations and it has not been easy. Some days I feel completely defeated. I compare our marriage too much to other newlywed's marriages. I need to dig deeper into Jesus and His word, and die to myself daily. My goal is to have devotionals with my husband every single night. In order for our marriage to thrive, we must choose to die to our selfish desires and put each other above ourselves and to put God first. I want to become the best wife I can be. I want to make my home a haven, I want to cook healthy meals for us, I want to be able to serve others together, and I want us to enjoy this crazy wild adventure together. I have to learn how to have a balance between being a wife and college student. This won't be easy, but with God, all things are possible. If anyone has any encouragement on balancing being a wife and college student, please feel free to share it with me :) I hope everyone has a blessed Thursday!

Subscription Box Giveaway - Escape Monthly!

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Married life and wedding photos!

My mom told me that married life definitely agrees with me. I love the married life, but it also has produced more challenges in the last month than I ever thought possible. Just this weekend our air condition has went out, our upstairs toilet has started to spit water out of the tank when we flush it, and the downstairs bathroom is beginning to clog up. The heat is getting to us, but we are trying to make the best of it. It's a good excuse to just walk around naked, right? This past week I got my wedding photos! They are absolutely beautiful! Our photographer did a fantastic job. Check out his website at http://adriandavidpayne.com/.

The groom's cake

My sister and I

This picture is super special to me. My mom has leiomyosarcoma, a rare cancer that affects one in six million women. The day of my wedding she became super sick and had to go to the ER, and no one thought she would be able to come to the wedding. I had an overwhelming peace about the situation that only could come from God. She showed up a few minutes right before the wedding started. God is good.

The entire wedding party! (Minus a tiny flower girl)

Little man decided to do crazy eyes in one of our photos together

Exchanging our rings

Josh seeing me for the first time in my wedding dress

Women who married into the Driver family praying over me

Dad fixing me dress right before we were about to walk down the aisle

I have a TON more wedding photos that I haven't posted here. If you're interested in seeing them let me know and I'll give you the link to my Facebook page!

Fighting for Finley

Finley needs a miracle.

Finley is just a little over a week old, and she was born with little to no heartbeat, and very few signs of brain activity. But I believe in miracles. I believe that God can fully heal Finley and use her to glorify His kingdom in amazing ways. 

Please join me in lifting up Finley in prayer, as well as lifting up her family, doctors, and nurses.
God still does miracles. He raised people from the dead, let the blind see, the deaf hear, and the lame walk. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. 

*For updates on this sweet miracle, please visit https://www.facebook.com/FightingForFinley