5 years ago today....

I married my best friend. Little did we know on that day just how much God would bless our marriage. For those of you that know our story, we definitely had a rough road during those three years leading up to marriage. It was definitely God that kept us together through some very hard times, but I wouldn't trade a single fight or hard day. They made us who we are today and I am beyond lucky to have Chad Mitchell as an ever supporting husband and as the amazing father to our two precious little boys.

5 years later and stronger than ever, we deal with this loss that has shook our family, I know that God will get us through, as he always has. Amen, and Amen.

Dave Barnes, Amen

We will have love
We will have pain
There will be days and days and days that feel the same
We will have fear
We will have joy
And maybe little girls and little boys

We will have friends
We will have peace
There will be nights of lights and music 'til you sleep
We will be strong
We will still break
We'll live through so much more than we can take

Amen
Amen
With the dawn, we all begin again
Amen
Amen
What is done, and yet to come
Amen

We will have hope
We will have doubt
There will be memories we could never live without
We will have tears
But there will be grace
There will be prayers that we never thought we'd pray

Amen
Amen
With the dawn, we all begin again
Amen
Amen
What is done, and yet to come
Amen

In the sun or the storms
The flood or the flames
Let everything come, and I'm the one to blame
In heartache or hope
I swear I'll say, I'll say

Amen
Amen
With the dawn, we all begin again
Amen
Amen
What is done, and yet to come

Easter 2012

We had a great Easter this year with our family.  Trace and Noal both loved hunting Easter eggs and of course getting more candy than we will be able to eat in a year.  We also had great fellowship with our Sunday School class over breakfast.  However, little did we know just how special Easter was going to be for our family.  It was the last moment we were able to spend with Chad's Memaw who passed away on April 11.

On Easter Sunday, the Mitchell family, gathered at Gramps and Memaw's just like we do every Sunday for dinner after church.  Then we had an Easter Egg hunt for all of the great-grandkids.  It was a very special time then and even more so now since it was the last Sunday that Memaw would be with us for Sunday dinner.

For those of you that aren't from Erin, the Mitchell family is a huge family... 52 decedents from Gramps and Memaw alone to be exact.  It is truly a unique family to have the fortune to be a part of.  Extremely close, extremely loving, and extremely loyal.  Of the 52 decendents, all of us live within a 50 mile radius of Erin, TN where the family resides.  Even though I am not a blood relative, to Gramps, and especially, Memaw, that has not made a difference, I was one of their grandchildren.  I am more than blessed to have become a member of this wonderful family and to have know Memaw for the past eight years.  She was the matriarch of the family and the best role model for being a true woman of God that anyone could have.  Memaw will be greatly missed, but I can only imagine the celebration that is going on in Heaven as God called one of his best home a few days ago.

He is Risen.... and he has called Memaw home.  That is an Easter to be happy about.

EASTER PICTURES

ECN Easter Egg Hunt at Betsy Ligon Park

The Easter Bunny Came and New Easter Outfits

Easter Sunday at Gramp's and Memaw's House