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My Future Wife and Me

I guess I should start this off by telling about why I am doing this in the first place. 

I find writing to be good for my soul and enjoyable most of the time. I am in the process of becoming  what you would call an "adult" pretty much all at once. I get asked a lot how all of this is going to work out in my life and I just say that I am blessed by God to have the people in my life that I do and to have His work that he has given me. I figured if anyone around my age (25) is starting a family, this might be of some help, or at the very least, a wonderful opportunity to point and laugh at someone which you are more than welcome to do to me. Here's a quick overview.

This past August, I began dating a woman by the name of Ashley Bonine. Ashley is the mother of two amazing girls named Audrey (10) and Addison(6). Ashley has endured some incredible hardships in her life including losing both parents on the same night when she was 20 and losing her late husband only 3 years ago. Ashley and I got engaged in late May and are planning a private wedding in late November. I have also just begun my role as the new youth minister at Huntsville Church of Christ in Huntsville, Texas. Ashley made the decision to come with me even before we got engaged and will be the new science teacher in Huntsville in August. We are currently in the process of buying a new house in Huntsville. This is something I am completely unfamiliar with. So all of this sums up to me going from the single life just recently out of college to married with a house and 2 kids all in about 6 months time. This blog is titled Crash Course Adult simply because I am learning about most of this on the go. Most guys do all of this over the course of about 10 years while I am doing it in 6 months so I am the abridged version of growing up and being an "adult". I hope you enjoy reading. Feel free to comment with different pieces of advice on anything. I sure as heck need it.