Finding JOY in the JOURNEY...: So long 2010....Hellllooooo 2011

December 31, 2010

So long 2010....Hellllooooo 2011

It's 9pm on New years Eve and I am ready to crawl in to bed and wake up next year ;) I have been ready for 2011 since June...and boy am I glad i'ts here. I didn't really know if I was going to be able to make it to New Years after Lee left. I kept telling myself that if I could make it through the holidays that I would be okay. Well theHolidays have come and alomst gone and I'M HERE!!!!!!! By the grace of God, amazing family and friends and a whole lot of tears...Lee and I survived our first 6 months apart and only have a 11 months and 1 week and 2 days left apart! You know I can't say all of 2010 was bad...a lot of miracles have happened for us this year and with the trials come the blessings and I wouldn't trade any of them. 2011 wil be a tough year but one filled with learning, growth and ending with a wonderful reunion when my baby finally comes HOME. Thank you all for following the Blog and supporting me through all my ups and downs. I will do a "year in review" later this week but for now I wish you all the love, peace and happiness your heart can hold in 2011!!!!!!!!

3 comments:

Linsey said...: You're going to make it. Just hang in there. The time will fly by, you'll see. Here's to a very happy 2011. Love and Aloha to you from me.; 10:53 AM
Emerson Experiment said...: Goodbye 2010. Wish you the best this coming year. Love ya Meebs!; 6:06 PM
Janet said...: WE love you Mibi, Lee & Savannah. You are always in our prayers!; 6:59 PM

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Once upon a time...

Mibi grew up in Laie and attended Kahuku High and Lee grew up in Haleiwa and Mililani and attended Mililani High. Mibi went to College at BYU-Hawaii and then served a mission in the Utah Ogden Mission before meeting the man of her dreams. After school, Lee jumped into the workforce looking for his career and eventually ended up working for Mibi's family flower shop at Turtle Bay while Mibi was serving her mission...and never thought that this job would lead him to his "Angel". We met in Septmeber of 2001 after I returned home from my mission. I came back to the flower shop to manage things for my Mom and Lee had left to pursue his education. Well a few months later, Lee's education path didn't take the direction he had hoped and instead life lead him back to Turtle Bay. The first thing he did was call Mom to get his job back and of course she said YES. So, I was Lee's boss and there was an instant friendship...it felt as if we had known each other our entire lives. We kept it strictly business for a few weeks and then one night I was gong to make a Wal-Mart run after work and called him to see if he wanted to come along. His phone was busy (the days before call waiting) and I almost gave up...but after a few more tries he picked up and from that night on we were inseperable. I think we told each other our life stories that night and we both knew then that our lives would never be the same! Over the next year, we formed a deep love and respect for each other which kept us connected through a few rough patches and across the ocean as Mibi moved back to Utah. Finally after a year of being best friends, we both realized that there is no one on earth we would rather be with than each other! We were a couple for about two years when Lee proposed to me and we tied the knot at the exact place we first met...the same hotel the flower shop was located when we worked there...TURTLE BAY. And to add to our JOY, we have a beautiful daughter Savannah (Lee's biological and Mibi's spiritual daughter ) who we just ADORE! She is so smart, funny, outgoing, a jabberbox like her Dad and just the cutest thing you have ever seen!!! We also are praying that we can give her a little brother or sister sometime in the next year or two!!! Until then we have a Doberman (Kayla) and a cat (Shadow) that we spoil rotten and of course all of our Nieces and Nephew's. It has been almost 8 years of wedded bliss and although we have had our ups and downs, each experience has made us grow more in love with each other and are still each others best friend!