Where do we begin?

Hi, I'm Christina Finegan. I decided to start this blog in order to chronicle the first 7 months of my and my husband John's daughter's life that he will unfortunately be missing while he serves his first (and last) deployment in Afghanistan with the USMC. And then I thought why stop at just those 7 months that he will be missing? Why not create something that can follow us wherever we go, and chronicle whatever change or "beginning" that may come our way? So thus the title, Finegan's Begin Again (referencing the childhood song that everyone whispers to themselves when they hear our last name is Finegan--"poor old Michael Finegan, begin again"). I also wanted something that was a little more private than facebook and something that EVERY family member could be a part of that didn't involve them needing a social media membership. Also, since I may be posting something every day, (who knows!) I wouldn't want facebook to get overwhelmed with Finegan happenings when not everyone cares to know them. Having a blog allows the people who do care to follow us and weeds out the people who may not want to be bombarded with the consistent updates.

Now that brings us to the question "How did John and Christina Finegan actually begin?" Well, I could bore you with the details in paragraph form but I figured why not read it in a visually appealing way. The below photo is our love story I designed in scroll form that served as the escort cards at our wedding. It pretty much explains it all (while tying our relationship to Gettysburg, PA which is where the wedding reception was held). Note: I made it really big so you could read the fine print!