Finally.. after a crazy, busy, season of life, Jon has finished his Master's Degree in Business Administration!!! The structure of the program has been the major exhaustion on us - he has 3 weeks off total during the year - and the other courses overlap throughout the rest of the year - and these are 7 week and 3 week long courses.. blah.. but HE IS DONE!!! I am so proud of my man, and so excited for him to have a break for himself!
He is such a great husband and dad. I have been so blessed by how he has made the time everyday to spend time with us - from when he gets home from work until the kids are down. He has worked until midnight or later many nights - sometimes because I simply needed him, and he was willing to place his school work on hold. He is my hero, and such an awesome example of a man who loves his wife and kids more than his own academic progress and even sleep sometimes.
Jon and I have really found ourselves challenged in our marriage - especially with adding Lina to the family at the peak of his travel season and crazy school work almost a year ago. I have learned how selfish I can be, and how hard it is to communicate my needs - and to even know what I need! I have been challenged to sacrifice more - even though I feel like I need to sleep in every day since Lina has regressed and doesn't sleep through the night.
All in all, the past 2ish years have been incredibly hard for us, but as I sit at the end, I see how they hold their own sweetness. Their own challenge. Their own insanity. Their own laughability. I wouldn't trade them.
Now we enter life without school work, and Jon's crazy fall travel season. I already know we are prone to bicker and fight a lot - reentry is hard for us. Hopefully, with God's grace, love and guidance, we will grow more in this new transition period. Thankfully, through having to go through reentry many times, and simply being honest with one another, we have a taste of our propensities.
