So you may or may not know that we just became an Air Force family the end of last year. Had someone told me we would be a military family a few years back I would have laughed and straight up rejected it. I don’t think this was ever anything that was on my radar. I do remember my husband mentioning the Army at one time and I shot it down like an assassin…I was like nope, no sir!!! Then after years of my husband becoming friends with great men and most of them always mentioning serving in the military at one point in their lives; I started to hear my husband voice his interest in serving again. Fast forward to 2019-2020 I knew he was serious…but I was still like 👀…I don’t know about this. So this time when he brought it to my attention instead of the army he was interested in the Air Force. Oh but this time he had arranged a meeting for me to talk with a recruiter to ask any and all questions…anything I could come up with!🧐 Y’all!!! I had my list drawn up and I did hold back on any of my questions 😂. I was like oh you’re “serious, serious!!!”…. Yes this time I knew he was serious because I mean he had it put together and he is not the planning type of person at all! After the meeting that day we set aside time to really talk about it together, he had everything drawn out to explain his why and I was like 😳. HE IS FOR REAL!

So we set up more time and I talked with my husband about his why a bit more. We talked more about a complete plan for everything, what his overall goal for himself would be and then translated our family into that. Afterwards…we did it! We decided to become an Air Force family! I would be lying if I told you I wasn’t scared though 😫. What in the world were we about to do! All I could think about was how good we had it! We had built our 1st home the way we wanted and would have to leave it behind. We would have to leave great neighbors in a great neighborhood, and one of the best school systems in the state….why now? My mind was doing overtime second guessing everything! We were so use to being comfortable where we were that I was terrified of a different/new life. Then I started thinking about how we would have to leave family, and I would be leaving a career that I enjoyed and had been good to me for over 9 years. 😩 I was wrestling with all of that but in the end….. I knew I had to be ready. I knew the Lord would not allow anything to happen if it was not HIS will. So I prayed, put my trust in him, and left it in HIS hands.

Then T took all of his tests… and BAM💥 he passed everything. Then he submitted everything and BAM💥 he got in! (I said bam because it was just that fast lol😂) It all happened very fast! We found out in the summer of 2020 that he had made the Air Force and we were moving to our first assignment in the Fall of 2020. Now here we are in Florida at the first assignment. I must say, even though this is a big change we know God has us covered. Now that we’re here we are still adjusting and Covid-19 has made it harder to connect with other families but everyone has been nice and welcoming. Once COVID-19 get’s under control the connections and relationships with other families will get better. But, we are definitely proud of our Airman and glad he’s following his heart! This entire experience has taught me/us not to get too comfortable!(and that’s with anything). When God tells you it’s time to move…MOVE! When he tells you it’s time for a change…get ready for change! Listen to him,then do what he tells you to do! Right now we’ve just been given a lot more time to slow down and build more for our little family. So from here on out we’re going to go by the Air Force slogan as a family which says…. “Aim High….Fly-Fight-Win” “Integrity first, Service before self, Excellence in all you do!” 💜