Earlier this year, I shared about our "fidelity fences" in my women's group. I knew that I had shared a particular link on Facebook before, so when I searched my page, I discovered the site, Hope Filled Marriage, no longer exists! You see, the fidelity fences Paul and I adopted after getting married were actually the fidelity fences of the late Ty and Terri Schenzel. This couple made a huge impact on thousands of lives (including mine). Most notably, for me, I surrendered my life to the Lord at their memorial in 2015. 

…and I’m so grateful for my life. So grateful. Often in my “I don’t want to go into Forever 21” walk around the mall, I walk around and watch. Sometimes I just get overwhelmed with thankfulness for having a job, a life, a roof, water…and I look around at people frowning – who look like they’ve been forced to live.

If you ask my groom what he does for a living, he’ll respond, “I’m a janitor.” It used to bug me. Actually, when he first told me his profession, I seriously thought he was joking. That’s who I was.