On Saturday Jonathan graduated from medical school AND turned 30!!
It was so good to be there with him! I am so glad I went. It was a crazy busy two days, with very little sleep. But it was so worth it.
It was so nice that Jonathan's dad could come celebrate with us. And I am so grateful to his mom and sis who watched my girlies so that I could be there.
Jonathan and friend Eric. As you can tell, they love each other. :) We had some great times with Eric and his wife.
Jonathan and friend Mike.
Jonathan's med school BFFs. These guys helped Jonathan so much through med school stress. I will always be grateful for them.
And I love their wives. They were my BFFs.
We love the Van Soests. They are so kind, generous, and thoughtful. He was my dentist. She is the stake YW president and he was in the bishopric. Good, good people.
And the Coggins. Where would we be without them? She was my piano teacher and in YW with me. Jonathan was their home teacher. They adopted their two children and helped me so much with adoption process. They eased our fears, shared in our excitement, and showed us faith in action.
And the Berrys. These kids have been through more than any kids should have to. Yet they stick together and have adapted. We love them.
Larry and I got seated early and when the med students walked in, Jonathan sat just down the row from me. I spent most of the ceremony taking bad pictures of him in a dark auditorium. But at one point I started choking up and felt the tears coming. Not because of the ceremony (that was kind of boring), but because of the realization that we made it! We sat in the same auditorium four years ago, not knowing anyone, and totally intimidated. But we did it. And we still love each other. We have a beautiful family. And awesome friends.
Our time in medical school was very hard and very wonderful. We had our second miscarriage. Jonathan's parents seperated and then divorced. I had a stressful job and Jonathan was often overwhelmed at the enormous amounts of knowledge that he was required to learn. But we adopted Samantha and I got to be full-time mom, the most awesome job in the whole world!! And then we were sealed to her in the Nauvoo temple. Janie came and we had an inspired doctor who knew how to help my body keep her. We now have amazing friends, all over the country. We grew so much together. I learned that the Lord truly is always there for me and I can always trust in Him. I'm so glad that I had this experience with Jonathan.
8 comments:
Hooray for Dr and Mrs. Olsen! It is nice to look back and see how far we've come, and the trials turn into blessings.
Congrats! How fun to see how far you've come!
That is so exciting! Congratulations!! You guys are amazing.
Hip Hip Hooray! Congrats y'all!
HOORAY!!! We are SO excited for you! What a wonderful day to celebrate . . . and what a lot of days it took to get there. You guys are super hard workers! We are glad you got to attend together and see so many good friends. We are proud of you both!
Y'all really have been through a lot! It just goes to show that weith great trials come great blessings! Congrats!
WAHOOOO!!! Congrats Doc! I am so glad you were able to go be with him to celebrate such a HUGE accomplishment!
Congratulations to all of you. What great blessings have come to you and will continue to come (sometimes disguised as challenges). We love y'all so much!
So Jonathan, I've got this constant dull pain in my ... (j/k, but I know you're going to be hearing that phrase from friends and acquaintances almost daily for the rest of your life).
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