Jessica is now officially “retired” from teaching and we are ready to start a new journey in our relationship and life. This wasn’t a decision that we made lightly…there was a lot of discussion and talking and praying to help us make this decision. Are we scared, are we nervous, are we excited? Yes. Are we crazy? Absolutely! There have been moments when we thought about changing our decision and just sticking with the “status quo.” But we’ve known this is the right decision so we’re sticking to it.

The bottom line is that while teaching Jessica was overworked, stressed, unhappy and didn’t have time to do anything for herself. Doesn’t sound like the best way to live your life. As she said a few nights ago she’s excited about “us, being us.” We’re both excited about having more time together, more time to build our business, work on other projects and continue to strengthen our relationship and marriage.

Yes we’re scared but we don’t want fear to cloud our judgment or allow fear to make our decisions. Are we giving up a steady paycheck every month and health insurance? Yes. But when looking at the big picture of life those things are trivial. What’s important is being happy and healthy because that’s what allows us to work on the important things. When we as a couple are growing and getting stronger we are more able to create change and in turn help others.

I see so many people on a daily basis that look or act unhappy. They complain about their jobs or their life or their house or their marriage or whatever…and we never want to be those people. We never want to wait and let life happen. We don’t want fear and money to dictate our decisions and our lives.

There will always be excuses to not do something, or wait until times are better or wait until everything is perfect. But the timing is never right, the circumstances are never perfect and if you keep waiting…you will wait your entire life. There is no better time than the present to make the change in your life that you want.

Thanks for taking the time to read this and leave us a comment. We are excited to share this journey with everyone, the ups and downs, the successes and failures, the mistakes and the good decisions. We have two great weddings to share so stay tuned for those.