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Our Story...

Welcome to Hope That Soars, where together, with my husband Ryan, we navigate the messiness of life by pointing people to the HOPE found in a relationship with Jesus.
Our journey is filled with heartache and the daily struggle of chronic illness, scripted by a loving Creator.
It is through Him we find LOVE, JOY, and STRENGTH to press forward.

I pray you will join us as we share life lessons gained through mishap, adventures, and everything in between. Perhaps somewhere along the way, you too will find, a HOPE that SOARS!

Eighteen Yearsโ€ฆ TOGETHER

Some call it attention to detail, while others label it bridezilla but letโ€™s just call a spade a spade. ๐˜Œ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ, ๐˜ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง โ€œ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ด!โ€

I skillfully administered tasks to family and friends as we prepared for the day I had spent two years planning, and decades dreaming into existence.

We arranged 32 cake platters on each guest table, that my father traveled the state of West Virginia to obtain. We stacked beautifully wrapped silverware, linens, and pew flowers.

At the rehearsal, I handed out a two page document to each attendant, detailing the next 24 hours and the list of madness continues...


๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐’‡๐’–๐’๐’๐’š ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’–๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’Ž๐’†๐’Ž๐’๐’“๐’Š๐’†๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐’Ž๐’š ๐’‰๐’š๐’‘๐’†๐’“ ๐’‚๐’˜๐’‚๐’“๐’†๐’๐’†๐’”๐’” ๐’•๐’ ๐’…๐’†๐’•๐’‚๐’Š๐’, ๐’Š๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’š ๐’๐’–๐’๐’„๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’Š๐’“ ๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’•๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’† ๐’…๐’Š๐’”๐’”๐’๐’๐’—๐’†๐’… ๐’‚๐’• 1:30๐’‘๐’Ž ๐’๐’ ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’š 17๐’•๐’‰.

Because in that instant, I caught a glimpse of my handsome groom standing at the end of the aisle waiting for me.

I didnโ€™t want to miss a single minute of this long awaited day as it had taken what seemed like forever to get there.

We had overcome breaks, a two-year engagement, and a nine-month separation, while he was in seminary, to get to our โ€œhappily ever after.โ€

Ryanโ€™s emotion was evident as my father escorted me down the 50 foot aisle. I was nearly hyperventilating with excitement as we stood with fingers linked, before the pastor. Before God, family, and friends, we made our covenant, โ€œpreparedโ€ to start the next chapter in our journey.


๐€ษดแด… แดกสœแด€แด› แด€ษด แด€แด…แด แด‡ษดแด›แดœส€แด‡ ษชแด› สœแด€๐ฌ ส™แด‡แด‡ษด!

In these past eighteen years, we have known moments of pure bliss and utter desolation. However, the beautiful thing about married life is that we have endured every moment, ๐˜›๐˜–๐˜Ž๐˜Œ๐˜›๐˜๐˜Œ๐˜™.

No amount of control or preparation could have readied us for all the twists and turns. But, Godโ€™s faithfulness has allowed us to cherish every blessing and hold on firmly in the midst of every storm.

๐‘ฐ ๐’‚๐’Ž ๐’†๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’๐’‚๐’๐’๐’š ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’‡๐’–๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’Ž๐’š ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’”๐’• ๐’‡๐’“๐’Š๐’†๐’๐’… ๐’˜๐’‚๐’Œ๐’†๐’” ๐’†๐’‚๐’„๐’‰ ๐’Ž๐’๐’“๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’Œ๐’†๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’…๐’†๐’„๐’Š๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’ ๐’„๐’‰๐’๐’๐’”๐’† ๐‘ด๐‘ฌ; ๐’•๐’๐’…๐’‚๐’š, ๐’•๐’๐’Ž๐’๐’“๐’“๐’๐’˜, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“!

Here is to our next year of adventure, my love!!

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