Finding JOY in the JOURNEY...: 35 years old...and married 7 years today:)

November 19, 2011

35 years old...and married 7 years today:)

I wanted to get this post in on my actual Birthday. I will do another post later with pictures and how I celebrated but couldn't go to bed without expressing my gratitude for all of my blessings. First and foremost I am grateful to my parents for giving me life and for raising me in the most beautiful place on earth and in the gospel of Jesus Christ. I am grateful for siblings who are also my very best friends...and for best friends who are like siblings! Life would not be as meaningful or entertaining without you all! I am grateful for my Husband who started out as my best friend, became my husband and who will be my eternal companion. He taught me what it felt like to be loved without limitations and helped me to love myself. It has been a very rough road these past 7 years, but I wouldn't change one minute of it...because each minute got us to where we are TODAY. I was able to spend 45 minutes with Lee today and for those few minutes I felt WHOLE. When we are together, all my worries melt away, our spirits seem to connect and it just feels right...like two perfect pieces of a puzzle fitting together. I thank the Lord every day for blessing me with a husband who loves me and the Lord with all his heart. I still can't believe he will be home in 21 days...I get so excited I can barely contain it when I think about him coming HOME! Words cannot express my gratitude to my Savior and Father in Heaven for carrying us through these past few years. I know it is only because of their love and mercy that our marriage survived...Lee survived...I survived...through this trial. I am humbled when I think of all the many miracles I have witnessed while Lee has been incarcerated. Lee has grown so much and his faith amazes me. The Lord has used this time to refine and strengthen us both. I have seen the Lords hand in our life in so many ways and today especially I am grateful for His constant guidance and support. So as my birthday comes to an end, I am excited for what the Lord has in store for us in the coming year. Thank you all for being a part of this journey with me and for your love and support. Love always...Mibi

2 comments:

Emerson Experiment said...: Happy Birthdayversary....Yes, I just made up the word for people like you who get married on their birthday! I love you!!! May you have many, many more!; 11:49 AM
Janet said...: I am so thankful that you know your worth because you are the best. We all love you so much!!!!!; 2:04 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!