5 years ago

about five years ago I graduated from college. I remember a few details. it was at the Memorial Auditorium. Cal Thomas spoke. I got my diploma: cum laude in English. hugged lots of people. said lots of goodbyes. afterwards we ate at Sticky Fingers. my parents gave me a nice brief case (just like my dad's) and a cool pocket watch. unfortunately I seldom use either now.

all I knew about what was ahead was that I was getting married within a year and working at Greyfriar's fulltime. I had some aspirations about writing for the newspaper or a publication of some sort. which I realized in the form of the intial issues of the Chattanooga Outlook. I was the "senior editor" which means the guy who puts in 40 hours a week once a month while still holding down a day job. that didn't last long.

at the time, I was a little frustrated at myself for such a pile of school debt and few marketable skills to pay it off. but I truly loved college -- I feel like I finally came into my own, or something like that. I definitely learned to think and learn better, but I think I've lost much of that already, most likely due to lack of use. either way, God definitely grew me up a bit.

in July we changed our wedding date from February to August -- one of the best decisions we ever made. I dreamed of starting a family, though I still wondered how I'd provide for us. God knew. I ended up doing websites and whatnot. go figure.

5 years later, we're about to have our first baby. we've been through a lot of crap (mostly in the form of disease and debt), and God has been faithful.