"Life Is Lemons": PhD Update

Monday, February 22, 2010

PhD Update

George also got in to Texas A&M and UC Santa Cruz!

We have four choices so far and seven more to hear from...not sure that more is better in this case. It's a big decision and I think it's going to be harder than we thought to decide where to take our family for the next five years.

However, Emory is still the best offer.

UNC...still waiting to hear :) Is no news good news?

4 comments:

Judy said...: Oops. Trent knows people in Athens, GA not Atlanta. He said that several students in his dental class are from Emory, and that it's a good school.; February 22, 2010 at 7:44 PM
Quiggle said...: Oh, I just can't get over what a beautiful family you are!
Good luck getting into NC! Hope everything works out for you.; February 23, 2010 at 1:46 PM
Kristy said...: That is so exciting! It will be a fun adventure whereever you go!; February 23, 2010 at 9:04 PM
Kristina said...: We loved living in Texas. It was way different than we thought it would be. A&m might be worth looking into.; February 25, 2010 at 7:44 PM

Tender Mercies

Everyone has a story: life experiences that have either strengthened us or made us weaker and have defined who we really are. Our story is no different; George and I were both married previously to very wonderful people who changed our lives and helped us become who we are. We each suffered a tremendous loss when our spouses (Joel and Summer) died of cancer leaving us with an unfinished story of the lives we had imagined. Through the grief, loneliness, suffering, and pain we both realized that our stories were being revised and that Summer and Joel were helping in that process.

George and I met in March of 2007. We dated for a year and it was a wonderful year full of compassion, empathy, healing, and love. My dad often talks about the tender mercies of the Lord and we both know that our lives have been touched by these tender mercies in ways we never dreamed possible.

We were married on March 1, 2008 in the Salt Lake Temple. The new revisions in our story may seem complicated but to us it's rather simple. Our kids know how much we love each other and are so happy to be a complete famiy again. They also know that "daddy Joel" and "mommy Summer" are a big part of our lives and that families are eternal and we will see them again someday. George and I often joke that "we are blessed....we think!," but the truth is we have been blessed beyond measure. We've had our trials and there are still sad days but we have each other to lean on. We now have someone to share things with--it feels so good to love again!