I know I'm late but I took the first few weeks of the year to recover & rest from how eventful & busy this past year had become lol Too many blessings to count in 2023! We had our long awaited 10 year vow renewal, we bought/built our very first home, we hit mayor milestones with our transportation company & my makeup business! + I turned 30✨ I am soooo beyond grateful but it didn't come without being stretched, lots of change & having to find comfort in being out of your comfort zone. We are so hopeful for what this year will bring & are so thankful for everyone in our lives that played a part🤍
I hope this next year is good to you! I hope it brings you health & success & everything you've been praying for🙏🏽
I know fathers day was yesterday but I want to take any opportunity to honor & talk about my dad🤍 Words don't come close to how much I miss him. His example, impact & legacy will forever live us & our family. He was just so humble, kind, generous & shy but when it came to sharing the Gospel he was also an example of a powerful, confident, fierce & diligent leader. Truly an embodiment of being the hands & feet of Jesus!
As I continue to process how my world has been flipped upside down recently, I also realize how God gifted me with extra time & making some of my favorite memories with him just this past year🥲
Lil story time✨ Steven & I eloped when we were 19/21 & we never had a wedding! When we decided to celebrate this milestone of 10 years with a vow renewal, we never intended on having it in Puerto Rico.. Originally it wasn't a destination event but Steven mentioned how fun it would be to have it where I was born and raised(so sweet!!). Immediately I agreed & shortly after, I was in PR for work so I took advantage to look at venues & found the perfect one! Throughout our almost 2 years of planning, we got to spend sooo much more time in PR because of it, so we got to spend extra time with my dad since he lived there. Fast forward, he started to get really sick about a month before our vow renewal. So had we NOT had planned to have it there, he would not have been able to come🤯 Our families wouldn't have been together all weekend, he wouldn't have walked me down the isle, had our first dance or made all those memories & would have had all these beautiful pictures of him🥺
God knows all things & although it wasn't the outcome I was praying for, I still feel so seen & loved by Jesus. Truly something I could never explain. Of course there's so many questions & a whole long process to grieving but God transforms all things to good & I have believed that all my life & will continue to because he's proven to do that time & time again✨
Fun fact: my dad always cried when he saw me! My friends can testify & the slide is a video as proof😆🥲
