Episode 87: Celebrating Five Years of Marriage

In No Hurry with Cole Douglas Claybourn

As we've done the past few years on our wedding anniversary, this week my wife Emily and I share a conversation reflecting on the past year of our marriage. This was probably the most challenging year of our marriage, but in many ways it became the most refining. I've talked about it briefly in the few episodes I've done this year, but our lives were in a constant state of chaos this past year. A tornado hit our home on December 11, 2021, and we were displaced for almost nine months. That was just the beginning of what was pretty much just a long series of unfortunate events that significantly interrupted our lives. I wrote about most of it earlier this year. You can read that article on my website at coleclaybourn.com.

We had a lot of people help us navigate this past year — financially, physically, emotionally, and certainly spiritually. We lived most of this year without a lot of stuff, in an unnatural environment, and with a lot of inconveniences. But at the risk of being cheesy, we really did learn what truly matters. There's much to be grateful for and lots to be excited about as we look ahead to 2023.

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You can check out our previous anniversary conversations below:

• Episode 79: Lessons From Our Fourth Year of Marriage
• Episode 57: Love, Marriage, & Surviving 2020
• Episode 6: Lessons From Two Years of Marriage