My story is a little different than a lot of others and also similar to a lot of others as well. If you know me personally you know the key details, the things that make me who I am! My whole life changed for the first time 11 years ago and again 9 years ago. 11 years ago I was pregnant with my first born child. I was 18 years old and I had just graduated HS in May. I didn't have a drivers license nor did I have a job. I was living away from my mom for the first time and I had just made my, I think, 7th move in 3 months. Since I was 5 I had lived in the same house and the same place, but once I got pregnant things changed. Fast forward to January 27, 2005 and my first baby boy was born. He was 7 lbs 15 oz and he was the most precious thing. I turned 19 almost 6 weeks later and although I was a teen mother, I had graduated and was living on my own (so to speak). In March, a few weeks after my birthday my baby boy had to have an emergency surgery. He was 7 weeks old and it was St. Patrick's Day. He had Pyloric Stenosis and after 2 weeks of him losing weight and projectile vomiting somebody finally believed me enough to do tests and get him fixed up. He was completely fine after his surgery and has been healthy since, but I started motherhood as a young mother already and then I was scared on top of it.
July 2005 I moved again and I was blessed enough to have an aunt that let me live with her to get out of a tough situation. I started working at subway in November and shortly after I finally got my license. I was 20 years old with a 1 year old and I could finally support myself and drive. I met my best friend while working at subway and although I had gotten myself back into a tough situation she helped me get out of it once and for all. I finally got to live completely on my own with my son and we started to make a life for ourselves. I got a job at Ryan's buffet and grill on July 4th 2006 and that was one of the best things I did. The job opened my eyes to new things and I finally met the man of my dreams. I was his server. He came in to eat a lot, and we finally caught each others attention. After some weeks he finally asked for my phone number and we started dating shortly there after.
That was almost 9 years ago. I had a son who was 20+ months old at the time and Matt came into both of our lives in the exact perfect moment. We dated until March 2008 when he had my son (who was already calling him dad all on his own) ask me to marry him! We had a very short engagement of about 7 weeks before we got married on May 17, 2008. We got pregnant right around May 20, 2008 and our second son came barreling into this world on February 2009. In September 2009 Matt adopted our first born son and made him officially his, although there was no doubt that he was his long before that! In October 2009 (almost 6 years ago) we moved here to NC, expecting to live here for a few years. We have endured many things in our 9 years together, but the best thing has been how we have grown together and how my journey has brought me to where I am now. I never would have expected to be so loved and where I am today with my 2 amazing sons and my incredibly loving husband! I prayed and prayed so much when I was pregnant, 19 with a baby, 20 and living all on my own and every tough situation that happened to me. I know that God answered my prayers and although it wasn't quick for me it was in His perfect timing and I can see the amazingness that has come from that!
