Our Journey

People often say life is a journey. And when I married my husband, my journey changed and followed a different path. This path was a bigger path, a better path, but at times a more complicated journey.

When I was about 14, my family took a road trip from Arizona to South Dakota. I remembering planning for months with my dad. We got out our atlas, and mapped out our travels. We planned each leg of the journey....where we would stay, how long we would drive each day, what sights we would stop to see on the way to my grandfather's house in South Dakota. I had every aspect planned down to perfection. However, as many know, life doesn't always work out as we plan, and neither did our road trip. Museums were closed, when we thought they would be open. A day was not nearly long enough to spend with some dear friends. My mom and brother were not quite as excited about waking up early in the morning and getting on the road as my dad was. There were some fabulous waterfalls in Idaho we didn't know about when we planned our trip, that were just too amazing to pass up. Old Faithful in Yellowstone Park took a longggggg time to erupt. I'm sure there were more interruptions to our plan that I do not recall, but I learned one important life lesson from that trip. Life, although it doesn't always go as you plan, is well worth the journey. That vacation turned out to be my favorite vacation, and in the end was made even better by the changes. I just didn’t couldn’t foresee everything when we made the plan.

My life is like that. Plans are good, and help us to be prepared, but life is unexpected. It is not possible to plan for everything, and sometimes I don’t know what I really need until after the fact. You don’t always see the benefit of going through difficult situations until afterwards, when you can see how you have grown. So although marrying G. changed my life’s course and at times is more complicated, I wouldn’t change a thing, and want to remember every aspect of our journey together. The word vitae means “life’s course” or “of life” in latin. Mussi Vitae is a way for me to document our thoughts, our experiences, our faith, our family-our journey together. You are welcome to be a part of our journey and see where life takes us.