Written on May 28th, 2021
Today is the beginning of something new and exciting in my life. For the past 907 days I have been alive, but I have not been living. Each day I would wake up and thank God for allowing me to see another day and then I would also pray that this would be the day that would change everything. 907 days ago was the date of our first interview at the embassy for my husbands visa. The process had moved smoothly up until this point. We were prepared and my expectation was that I would return to the United States for the Christmas holiday with my husband by my side. As it turns out we would spend our 2nd Christmas as a married couple apart. Our thought at the time is that it would only be this one Christmas apart and we could handle it. As it turns out we have missed three Christmas’, 2 anniversaries and some birthdays too.
Until you wake up everyday with the hope that this would be
the day only to sit on the side of the bed each night disappointed you could
not understand this pain. Although I had 907 disappointing days, I still
remained prayerful that the answer will come the next day. About a year and a half ago I had a
breakthrough. I knew that there was a purpose in my wait. I made peace with it
and my prayers became different. Each
day I still thanked God for allowing me to have another day and I continued to
remind myself that in the end his will would be done, whatever that was. My prayer was that he give me the strength to
endure whatever the answer was. I prayed
for strength and peace.
I didn’t recognize it at the time, but my prayers were
answered on a regular basis. Whenever I
felt too weak to carry on somehow, I found the strength. In the middle of so many terrible storms I
found peace. Now being reunited with my
husband is the ultimate peace. I
honestly did not realize how heavy the burden was of us being separated. I feel at least 25 pounds lighter now (if only the scale reflected that too LOL)
He’s finally here and it’s difficult to put into words how I
feel. I’m so very happy and he is
excited also.
What’s next? Stay
tuned for more.
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