October 12, 1965 – My birth
August 1970 -Started kindergarten early at age 4
*Fall 1975 -Accepted Jesus in my heart at age 10
October 1978 -Became a teenager at age 13
October 1981 -I got my driver’s license at age 16
May of 1983 -I graduated high school at age 17
Spring of 1984 -Finished one year of college at MTSU at age 18
December of 1985 -Graduated barber school at age 20
January of 1987 -Opened my first business Cut Ups at age 21
October of 1987 -Job offer in Atlanta at age 22
August of 1988 -Married too young at age 22
May of 1990 -Opened my second business Salon CW Cuts at age 24
August of 1990 -I bought my first house at age 24
November of 1990 -I divorced when my husband was unfaithful at age 25
February of 1992 -Blind date at age 26
August 1992 – Beautiful marriage and gained 12 and 13-year-old children at age 26
Soon after -Bought a farm and named it “Heaven Acres” to raise our family there
January 2001 -Widowed from a 4-wheeler accident at age 35
September 2001 -Married high school best friend Bubba at age 35
March 2004 -Adopted Ian at age 38
December 2004 -Miscarried Baby Griffin at age 39
March 2005 -Adopted Brody at age 40
August 2005 -Adopted Atlee at age 40
May 2010 -Sold Salon CW Cuts and moved to Alabama at age 44
October 2011 -Miscarried Baby Griffin #2 at age 46
January 2012 -Opened my third business Curls and Pearls at age 46
October 2014 -Received a diagnosis of Melanoma at age 49
September 2015 -Our son Brody moved to The Learning Tree at age 49
October 2015 -Had major surgery for a diagnosis of Achalasia at age 50
June 2019 -Retired after 35 years of cutting hair at age 53
July 2019 -Joined Lucky Buck Jewelry at age 53
January 28, 2020 -Here I am, writing to you at age 54!
I am sure that I have left some milestones out, but I wanted to encourage you to sit down and reflect on what is most important in your life. For me, it was the opportunity to know Jesus at such a young age. I feel so very blessed to have received Christ as my personal savior at age 10. I am fortunate to have raised five children as a Christian parent. I am blessed to be healthy. I am happy that I love the life I have been given. I feel very fortunate to share this life with friends and family while being married to my best friend.
Are you willing to take a look at your timeline?
Wendy Griffin
Lean into Jesus Ministries
*denotes the most important thing on my timeline
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