Michigan or bust

I'm pretty late in posting this but it's big enough news to post, even late.

Paul officially got a dermatology internship spot at Southshore hospital, 3 minutes from our house!

We feel very blessed. We are counting down the days (42) until Paul's big, exciting

Medical School graduation ceremony on May 16th.

I got Paul's cap and gown in the mail last week and I know for a fact that I was way more excited than Paul. I was never even so excited for my own graduations. When I look back over the past 5 years that have brought us to this point, I can really see the Lord's hand in all our journey. When we first decided to go to KCOM we were deciding between this small DO school in the middle of ... nowhere... and two MD schools; one in CA and one in OR. Paul went to all the interviews and came back feeling like KCOM was the place. He loved how family friendly it was and how great the spouses organization was (SAA). At that point I had no idea how important these things would be to me and I wanted to stay west. I thought Missouri sounded awfull. Thankfully my husband was eagerly looking out for me. The people and the environment in Kirksville were so good for me and my growth, and it was a place where Paul could really excel as well. When it came time to match for rotations we were matched to our 6th choice. We had prayed about our choices and neither of us ever felt like we really got an answer initially but when we were given the chance to renegotiate our choices, we both felt very sure that we should try to go to Wyandotte. Michigan was really my last choice but I knew it was where the Lord was directing us. The day we moved in a bunch of guys from church showed up to help. One of the guys happened to be one of Paul's second cousins. He was finishing his last two years of his dermtology residency. He ended up being very instrumental in helping Paul decide to go with dermatology and helping him get published, and at the right meetings so that now we get to stay here for at least another year. You know how on sitcoms if there's a guy that all the girls covet and think he's oh so dreamy, he's almost always a dermatologist? Yeah, He's my man. =) We are so glad we get to stay. We have made such good friends here and despite how crappy Michigan can be (winters, potholes, wind, layoffs) we still really love it and we're praying that we will get the residency spot available at the same hospital for the 3 years after his internship.