Chapter 6 – The Accident

Now we come to one of the darkest hours of our lives. A darkest hour that gave birth to our most defining journey – a journey that is still unfolding, and is shaping our lives in an unprecedented way. Here, for a while, Phil must tell the story alone, because...

Chapter 5 – The First Year

The Honeymoon We awoke side by side for the first time. It’s a memory we’ll never forget, and an experience we have yet to grow tired of. It felt too good to be true. All the life that we’d been so earnestly waiting to share together: sleeping,...

Chapter 3 – Phil & Brandi

Now that you’ve met each of us and know a little about our lives leading up to this point, it’s time to begin the unfolding tale that began when our paths crossed. As has been more or less established through the previous two chapters, we met in 2009 when...

Chapter 2 – Brandi

Hello, I’m Brandi Sawyer. Once upon a time, I was Brandi Watts. I wasn’t born Brandi Watts, though. My life is a testimony of God’s faithfulness that began before birth. Conceived in the womb of a lost, hurting, and single woman, my life was very nearly aborted before...

Chapter 1 – Phil

My name is Phil, and this chapter will serve as a brief introduction to my life before I met Brandi and our journey together began. I was born and raised in Virginia, living most of my childhood in rural Orange county on 26 acres that my parents purchased when I was...