Annie & Tom met and started dating just days before he was deployed. They dated throughout his time in several different countries, and are finally now in the same place together. I met Annie in grad school and she often talked about this Tom, but none of us had met him, as he was always overseas. I heard stories of heartache and deep devotion as they worked their way through a long-distance relationship. After several years of struggling through grad school together, I know

Several years ago I decided I wanted to be an art teacher, so I went through grad school, got certified, and got a teaching job at the local Christian school where I attended growing up. I'm now pursuing photography instead of teaching, but there are lots of reasons I'm glad I spent time in that elementary art classroom. One of those reasons is that I started wandering down the hall every day to see the music teacher, Miss Katie Lear. Katie was another young teacher, and I lo