A lie cannot live.

“Winners are not people who never fail, but people who never quit.” Unknown

To all of those who have wondered at our silence; to those who have talked in whispers among each other, hiding your furtive glances at our social media pages and shaken your head at our decisions in life; 

This is Us. 

Despite what you might hear, despite what you might read or think or understand, we are here, together. 

4 years ago we were going through a very rough time in our lives. There are scars to show for it. 

But here, several years later, we are still together. We are growing together, learning, giving. 

We believe in love, we believe in redemption, we believe in each other; and because of that we know we’re in excellent hands. 

We are here raising our beautiful, talented, strong children: both of whom finished out their 2018-2019 school year in the Honor Roll, while Cherish was in the Shenandoah Valley Children’s Choir

 and Micah was in baseball tournaments and leagues. 

Micah's All Star Broadway team is getting ready to play Regionals this weekend!

We are a close little family, traveling miles and hours together for baseball tournaments, choirs, beach trips...

 coffee business and just because.


Speaking of coffee...

... and here...

These are coffee shops that we both partner in.

They are thriving, growing stores that are well known, highly rated and loved by the valley. We love our businesses, we love where we are at and we have plans to open more in the future.

We are not perfect people.

But we are here. The road we have traveled has been full of obstacles, potholes and ditches; but we are present.
Committed. Fixed. Steady. Determined.

We know there's talk.

We let them talk. We let them speculate. Connive. Assume.

"They say we're not as good as them; I say they're not as good as Him."
KB

God is at the forefront of our venture. Our aim, our goal is to stay humble, stay strong and keep our eyes focused on Him and the goals we have set in front of us.


Other people have things to say; but our story is our own. They are the author of their article; we're committing our writings to the penmanship of Him who has led us this far and has the final say in it all.

To those of you who have supported us on our journey to this day, we acknowledge you and thank you, from the bottom of our hearts. We see and talk to you almost every day, every week or month. Thank you for checking in on us, for praying and caring, and reaching out on a consistent basis.

Keep watching. Our story isn't done yet.

Best,
CC and Jenna, Micah and Cherish Matthews

“If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” Martin Luther King Jr. 


Citations:

https://pin.it/huf2oay4a34nif sayingspoint.com


https://youtu.be/g_nj3Q2JPVc  Musixmatch 2017


martin-luther-king-jr-quotes Hannah Hutyra 2011