I'm Farrel, I'm 36 years old, and I live in East Texas. Originally from this area, I moved to Florida in late 2015 to be closer to my now-husband, Zack, and spent two years in paradise before bringing him home with me in October of 2017.
My absolute favorite thing to do is to travel to different parts of the world and experience life the way others do. I was bitten by the traveling bug at the wee age of eight when I began visiting my granddad's vacation home in Arizona with my family, and since then, I have been to most of the contiguous States, Alaska, and Hawaii, and outside of the country to Australia, England, Canada, and Mexico. I can't think of a single place I would refuse to go, but both mine and Zack's current number one Bucket List destination is Israel. To walk, talk, and celebrate where our Savior did would be so incredibly surreal. One day! I also enjoy studying God's Word with a cup of hot echinacea tea and the brightest pens I can find in hand, live music, reading, playing piano, and college football (HOOK 'EM!)…But my happiest place is spending time with my love, our 15-year-old Ewok-dog, Biscuit, and the people who mean most to me.
What you would never know by simply seeing me is that I was born with Cystic Fibrosis, a genetic terminal illness that primarily affects the respiratory and digestive systems of only 70,000 people worldwide…And one that my parents were told would take my life by age 8. To date, the average life expectancy of CF patients is 41 years old. There is no cure.
Zack, also born with Cystic Fibrosis, has been a CrossFit certified trainer since he moved to Florida in 2013. Currently, he is in the process of building a men's fitness group that focuses not only on physical fitness, but also on sharing time in God's Word and on uncovering the importance of true Biblical masculinity at home. (He's pretty stinkin' rad, y'all.) We met randomly in a Facebook Cystic Fibrosis forum in October of 2014; Met for the first time in July of 2015; And we were married in July of 2016, on our one-year anniversary, on Anna Maria Island in Florida. Together, we advocate for living the abundant life with faith, food, fitness, and LOVE. It is our goal, God-willing, to spend as many years as He gives us defying the odds, and proving that love really is the cure for everything.