Well… So much for blogging each month! The last time I was on here, I was TWO DAYS away from being engaged. July 2021! Remember how I was very sick and Calvin took care of me? Well, turns out that he had ulterior motives… namely, to propose to me.
Basically, Calvin told me that if I was better by the end of the week, we could do something fun. Not one to take any illness of mine seriously miss out, I did everything I could to recover from what I have much reason to believe was that blasted Delta variant of old ‘Rona.
I ran each afternoon to get the phlegm out of my lungs, but I could only last for 5 minutes before my leaden legs gave out. I drank all the tea and slept on the couch all week. My taste was gone. My smell was gone. I honestly think it was the sickest I have ever been. The day we got engaged, I was wearing the same gray t-shirt for, I think, the third day in a row. My hair was three days unwashed, too. Ick.
And yet, none of that mattered when we were standing at the top of Moon Rocks, one of our favorite hiking spots, staring into each others eyes with the word “finally” on our lips. We were really doing this!
It’s been a whirwind in the best way. Three days after our engagement, I began my new job teaching High school English at my Alma Mater. I moved in with my two dear friends, Nick and Christina and got to live with them for a few months. Then I moved into our first studio in November (Calvin moved in after the wedding) and we were married in January!
Let me tell you: we cried like babies the entire day.
Some dear family friends generously gifted us a honeymoon trip to Kauai.
In everything, there have been trials, but as always, the Lord has shown himself to be so faithful and present. I have seen his goodness in new ways, his mercy flowing throughout to revive me in areas I didn’t even know were dead.
I could say much more about this almost-first year of marriage, but I will summarize it with the verse that has been mine and Calvin’s anchor since day one of our relationship:
“Seek first the Kingdom of God and HIs righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.” Matthew 6:33
Kayley Chartier 