November 16
#16: I am grateful for a husband who brings me flowers randomly.
Today, well the last couple of days have not been the easiest and have definitely been some of the craziest with some hard thread throughout:) And to have Bryan come home from class tonight with a beautiful bouquet of fall wild flowers made it all worth it. Hopefully that means our little guy will choose to break his new early morning waking streak of 5 am tomorrow.
Today, well the last couple of days have not been the easiest and have definitely been some of the craziest with some hard thread throughout:) And to have Bryan come home from class tonight with a beautiful bouquet of fall wild flowers made it all worth it. Hopefully that means our little guy will choose to break his new early morning waking streak of 5 am tomorrow.
November 15
#15: I am grateful for glitter, scrapbook paper, and paint. Simple pleasures:)
I have been gone from the blogging world as of late, and I'm not going to try to make up for the days that I missed. I have been very grateful for not blogging these last couple of days because of the people I have been able to spend those days with. My sister Katelyn ended up coming home from the hospital after Stake Conference ( 2 Sundays ago.) And she is doing well. We are hoping that she starts her next phase of chemo this thursday, so that we can have her home for Thanksgiving Day. After a long day today, I got to spend some time using glitter, paint, and scrapbook paper: a rare but wonderful opportune moment of crafting. :)
Hope fully I will write more tomorrow.
I have been gone from the blogging world as of late, and I'm not going to try to make up for the days that I missed. I have been very grateful for not blogging these last couple of days because of the people I have been able to spend those days with. My sister Katelyn ended up coming home from the hospital after Stake Conference ( 2 Sundays ago.) And she is doing well. We are hoping that she starts her next phase of chemo this thursday, so that we can have her home for Thanksgiving Day. After a long day today, I got to spend some time using glitter, paint, and scrapbook paper: a rare but wonderful opportune moment of crafting. :)
Hope fully I will write more tomorrow.
November 4th
#4: I am grateful for faith.
This post is going to be intensely personal.
I can honestly say that I hate something. It's only one thing, but I truly despise it: Leukemia.
I hate this disease with a passion. I hate what it does to my sister and my family, but especially my little sister.
This weekend is a big one for my family as my dad will be getting released from being Stake President for the past 9 and 1/2 years, and we are so excited, but Leukemia is right there with us.
Contrary to our desires, my sister Katelyn had to go into the hospital last night due to fevers thanks to Leukemia. We are praying that the fevers will subside and that she won't throw up any more so that they will release her by tomorrow( Saturday) evening, instead of Sunday morning, so that maybe she could come to the very first part of church on Sunday.
I was over at my parents home yesterday when they were trying to figure out if she had a temperature or not. I hate seeing my little sister so sad, so sick, when she really is so very strong. Seeing her pulls at my every heart string. I love her and I hate Leukemia.
This is one of those moments when I wish I could take it away from her, and the effects of it away from her and my family. Because there are times when it is very hard and all you want to do is destroy it. For me that is where Faith comes in. Katelyn is killing Leukemia. Her body is winning. Leukemia is just giving her a good fight this week.
The scriptures teach that faith is to hope for things which are not seen but are true. The first Principle of the Gospel of Jesus Christ is to have faith in Jesus Christ. It is through faith that I know that Jesus Christ can strengthen my sister and heal her. And strengthen us. There are lots of times in our lives where God desires to strengthen or test our faith and those times usually don't come at the moments we feel we are ready for them:) I guess that there would be no true growth that way.
Having faith in Jesus Christ carries an assurance of the fulfillment of things hoped for. It is only through the Savior Jesus Christ, that we have power given to us to help us meet life's challenges. He, the Master Physician, can heal us physically and spiritually. And even when we may doubt the level of our own faith, in our hardest moments, we can ask Him "Help Thou mine unbelief." My faith is not perfect by any means, but I have faith in One who is. I am grateful for faith, especially for faith in Jesus Christ.
This post is going to be intensely personal.
I can honestly say that I hate something. It's only one thing, but I truly despise it: Leukemia.
I hate this disease with a passion. I hate what it does to my sister and my family, but especially my little sister.
This weekend is a big one for my family as my dad will be getting released from being Stake President for the past 9 and 1/2 years, and we are so excited, but Leukemia is right there with us.
Contrary to our desires, my sister Katelyn had to go into the hospital last night due to fevers thanks to Leukemia. We are praying that the fevers will subside and that she won't throw up any more so that they will release her by tomorrow( Saturday) evening, instead of Sunday morning, so that maybe she could come to the very first part of church on Sunday.
I was over at my parents home yesterday when they were trying to figure out if she had a temperature or not. I hate seeing my little sister so sad, so sick, when she really is so very strong. Seeing her pulls at my every heart string. I love her and I hate Leukemia.
This is one of those moments when I wish I could take it away from her, and the effects of it away from her and my family. Because there are times when it is very hard and all you want to do is destroy it. For me that is where Faith comes in. Katelyn is killing Leukemia. Her body is winning. Leukemia is just giving her a good fight this week.
The scriptures teach that faith is to hope for things which are not seen but are true. The first Principle of the Gospel of Jesus Christ is to have faith in Jesus Christ. It is through faith that I know that Jesus Christ can strengthen my sister and heal her. And strengthen us. There are lots of times in our lives where God desires to strengthen or test our faith and those times usually don't come at the moments we feel we are ready for them:) I guess that there would be no true growth that way.
Having faith in Jesus Christ carries an assurance of the fulfillment of things hoped for. It is only through the Savior Jesus Christ, that we have power given to us to help us meet life's challenges. He, the Master Physician, can heal us physically and spiritually. And even when we may doubt the level of our own faith, in our hardest moments, we can ask Him "Help Thou mine unbelief." My faith is not perfect by any means, but I have faith in One who is. I am grateful for faith, especially for faith in Jesus Christ.
November 3
#3: I am grateful for the knowledge that my life has a purpose.
In a world full of confusion and many constant obstacles, I know who I am and I have the tools to learn more about who I am when I might have moments that I forget. To phrase a favorite Children's hymn mine: "I am a child of God and he has sent me here. Has given me an earthly home with parents kind and dear. I am a child of God and so my needs are great. Help me to understand His words before it grows to late. I am a child of God, rich blessings are in store. If I but understand His will, I'll live with Him someday. Lead me, Guide me, walk beside me, help me find the way. teach me all that I must do, to live with Him someday.
I know that I have a purpose and a mission to fulfill while on this earth. I know that Heavenly Father has provided us, His children, with a way to be successful in this life and to return to live in His presence. However, we must be pure and clean through obedience in order to do so. Disobedience moves us away from Him. Central to our Father’s plan is Jesus Christ’s Atonement. The Atonement included His suffering in the Garden of Gethsemane as well as His suffering and death on the cross. Through the Atonement we can be freed from the burden of our sins and develop faith and strength to face our trials.
Trials and adversity are a part of how we draw closer to God and in return how we learn who we are and who God wants us to become. I am grateful for the knowledge that I have that I am here on this earth for a reason and that I can become who my kind Father in Heaven wants me to become.
November 2
#2: I am grateful for God, my kind and loving Heavenly Father.
Today was one of those days where I had much to accomplish, and a lot of my tasks were started but remained unfinished. To put it a better way, I was ecstatic to replace two light bulbs and realize that something had been completed:) Our little guy was anti- naps today, so my day was pretty much anti-accomplishment (as far as the TO-DO list goes.)
Today was one of those days where I had much to accomplish, and a lot of my tasks were started but remained unfinished. To put it a better way, I was ecstatic to replace two light bulbs and realize that something had been completed:) Our little guy was anti- naps today, so my day was pretty much anti-accomplishment (as far as the TO-DO list goes.)
But today I was reminded of how grateful I am to have a Father in Heaven who truly loves me and knows me. He is aware of this mother of a young child and He constantly meets her needs. He hears my prayers and my pleadings for help and peace, for motivation and focus, and for knowledge of how to raise one of His children. I find myself having several conversations with my Father in Heaven daily, over the little and big things that I just can't figure out or don't know how to do or that I don't want to do, but know that I should do. Some people might find it odd to talk to God about my day throughout my day, but I don't. I know that He wants to hear from me and from all of us. He is the perfect Parent and knows all, so to me it only makes sense to turn to Him.
I know that God loves us. He weeps with us when we suffer and rejoices when we do what is right. He wants to communicate with us, and we can communicate with Him through sincere prayer.
I know that He has given us this experience on the earth so we can learn and grow. I know that we can show our love for Him through our choices and our obedience to His commandments.
I am humbly grateful for my kind and wise Father in Heaven.
November and Thanksgiving...
Thanksgiving is one of my most favorite holidays. It allows me to focus and concentrate more fully on being grateful for all of the blessings I have been given. So in order to better document some of my many blessings, here is number 1( not in any particular order) for November 1st :
I am grateful for my family.
I am grateful for an amazing husband and friend, who is extremely kind and supportive. I am grateful for our little dude, who makes me laugh and smile throughout the day. I am so grateful for the opportunity that I have to have them in my life.
I am grateful for my parents and siblings. I am grateful for my grandparents ( all of whom are still living- another huge and rare blessing). I am grateful for my aunts and uncles and cousins. I am also very grateful for my Parent-In-Laws and brother/sister-in-laws. And I am grateful for all of my nieces and nephews. I am surrounded with so much love from so much family.
I am grateful for my family.
I am grateful for an amazing husband and friend, who is extremely kind and supportive. I am grateful for our little dude, who makes me laugh and smile throughout the day. I am so grateful for the opportunity that I have to have them in my life.
I am grateful for my parents and siblings. I am grateful for my grandparents ( all of whom are still living- another huge and rare blessing). I am grateful for my aunts and uncles and cousins. I am also very grateful for my Parent-In-Laws and brother/sister-in-laws. And I am grateful for all of my nieces and nephews. I am surrounded with so much love from so much family.
Halloween...
Our Halloween was eventful as a family, but our little guy had his full after 3 houses (one of which included Grandparents). For pictures see our picture blog. We had dinner at my parents home, got our little dude dressed up as a cute spider, and ended the evening with a homemade pumpkin cake. Then we headed home, put our tired spider to bed, and Bryan and I watched a movie. A well lived Halloween:)
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