New Beginnings...

Hello Again!
I can't believe it...two posts in the same week!  
James has officially taken his LAST board test!!  Both of us are feeling a little surreal about the whole thing.  I look in his eyes now and see that sparkle he had when we first started this whole journey together.  The light is no longer at the end of a tunnel.  God has brought that light to full fruition, and it's taken my breathe away to see James transform into what God called him to do so many years ago.  I still can vividly remember that night our freshmen year at UGA.  He had been toiling for weeks on end about his major.  I told him to get on his knees and to really listen to what God was telling him.  I was dead asleep in my dormroom and the phone rang at 11:00 pm.  James said I listened to Him and I really feel called to be a doctor.  Then he asked if I would be there for him if that's what he did and without a shadow of a doubt I said of course.  And here we are now.   These seven years have been filled with mountains and valleys that only few of you fully understand and grasp with us...and you all know who you are!  I thought it was an emotional victory when he graduated but that hasn't compared to the last month we've had.  Both of us have been so emotionally overwhelmed with what God has done in our lives; I don't think we've shed this many tears ever together.  We start talking about these seven years and how we haven't slowed down and the waterworks start with both of us. What many people don't understand about this type of journey is that everything seems to be on hold.  With every test your breathe is held and your hands are clutched in prayer.  Once you make it to the next step you just hang on for dear life and keep praying to survive the sleepless nights, and draining days at the hospital.  What doctors do just to come into their profession (regardless of what they personally and morally decide to do down the road) is remarkable.  What James, my husband, has done is beyond remarkable.  He has achieved his dream and come into his calling that he heard years ago, and all the while been the most supportive and loving husband and father.  He studied less to spend time with his children.  He slept less to sepnd time with me.  I know what he has gone through to get here and watching him walk into his new office last week was a feeling I hope I never forget.  These are new beginning for our family.  The littlest things are the biggest to us right now.  Taylor can't believe Daddy eats breakfast and dinner with us.  James told him he was going to be his soccer coach this year and he was so speechless he jumped into his arms and said you mean you're gonna be able to see me play soccer every game.  He's been able to see Madison grow in a way he never was able to with Taylor.  Life is beautiful.  It always has been no matter what and we all need to come back to that daily.  Every single minute, every single second, is a perfectly orchestrated plan from our Maker, our Lord.  The good the bad and the ugly; all of it is necessary for us to arrive at this very moment and to be who we are today...who God wants us to be...glorifying Him in everything!
"Never let your praying knees get lazy, and love like crazy."  Here's to new beginnings for all of us!

Lots of Love,
Jess and Fam


P.S.  I had to add in the quote at the end in honor of me starting to listen to country music here in Moultrie (it's the only radio stations we can pick up).  :o)