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๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป, ๐—œ๐—š๐—œ๐—ก ๋‚˜๋‹ค์šด ์ˆœ๊ฐ„์„ ์˜ค๋ž˜ ๊ฐ„์งํ•˜๋Š” ๋ฐฉ๋ฒ•. ์˜ค๋Š˜์˜ ์—ฌ๋ฆ„์„ ์ถ”์–ตํ•˜๋ฉด ํฌ๋„ํ–ฅ์ด ์Šค์น˜๊ฒ ์ฃ ๐Ÿ‡โ˜˜๏ธ Some moments reflect who you are. For us, summer lives in the soft scent of grapes.๐Ÿ‡โ˜˜๏ธ

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25,713 views โ€ข 7 months ago

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Dana Rachel ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆ

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June 4th, 1994 our lives forever changed. We said, โ€œI do!โ€. With those two words, we said, yes, to all the highs, the lows, and everything in between. God has blessed us with four absolutely amazing children who are now amazing adults, with their own best friends/significant others (that theyโ€™re doing life with), we have three incredible grandsons, and a beautiful granddaughter on the way. Weโ€™ve lived where we both grew up (on the East Coast), and have now been out here in San Diego for just over 11 years. Weโ€™ve gotten jobs (and lost jobs), weโ€™ve had more times than we can count where we couldnโ€™t make ends meet, even though both you and I were working two, and sometimes three jobs at a time, and weโ€™ve been blessed in ways that we couldโ€™ve never dreamed of. Weโ€™ve watched both my parents pass on, and are now dealing with the overwhelmingly difficult challenge of seeing your parents struggle with their own health in ways that no one should have to go through. Through it all (even in the midst of the chaos), weโ€™ve been blessed to be by each otherโ€˜s sides! I thank God for you every day, Jillian! I love our adventures together (the big ones where we fly to somewhere weโ€™ve never been before, and the little ones where we hop in the car with no agenda, and just drive). I love when we find ourselves in deeper conversation, laughter, and tears of joy then ever expected, and in the moments of silence, where no words are even spoken, but when weโ€™re together, just being where our feet are. As the world (as we know it), keeps getting crazier and crazier, letโ€™s continue to keep Christ in the center of all we do, keep leaning on and lifting each other up when itโ€™s needed, and keep living the lives that we have been so incredibly blessed to live together. I love you with all my heart Jillian. Happy 32nd (heading into our 33rd year), Anniversary.

Coach Hines ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

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