So much to think about...

It has been crazy busy the last few weeks but so much has happened that has made me think long and hard about what is really important in this life.
Yesterday was such an important day for my family, my soon to be brother in law Chris was baptized by my Dad. I remember feeling a little awkward when Rachel got engaged to Chris back in April. I really liked him but I wanted her to be marrying someone who was a member of the church. I want her to be able to have the same experience I had. She is my little sister and I have always thought I knew what was best for her. I had no idea that he would start taking the missionary discussions in my home, and Im so grateful for the spirit that came with that. It makes me so glad to know that the lord does answer prayers because Chris accepted the gospel and is now a member of the church. What a happy day it will be when Chris and Rachel can go to the temple and be married for time and all eternity.

This last week working in the financial business with all that is going on makes you wonder how secure your job really is. I am so happy that my boss this last week asked me to write something everyday that I am grateful for. I guess this made me a little emmotional because I havent stopped thinking about it ever since. The first things I were grateful were my kids. I love them so much that I dont think I could put into words. They really are the light of my life.





Next day I was grateful to have been married in the temple to someone who truly does love me. I am grateful to still be married when the statistics say that 50% of marriages will end in divorce. I am so happy to have such a great best friend and sometimes I feel like my only true friend. Someone that I can be happy to wake up to everyday because so many people dont have that.


I am so grateful to have a house to live in. In this failing economy with so many people foreclosing, I am happy to have not just a house but a home. Not to say that this house payment is not stressful, but Im glad to be so blessed because I know it could be a lot worse.


I am also grateful to be healthy. There are so many people around me with health problems that it makes me second guess the little things that come up with me here and there. I struggle with trying to be grateful with my body because I always find things that are wrong with it. I have been working my butt off for the last 2 months to try and loose weight and I have barely lost 4.5 pounds. Its so hard for me to look in the mirror and just be happy. But this made me take a step back and realize that at least all though it maybe slow I can loose weight, and although I still have some baby weight It could be worse. There are more good things about me than what is on the outside.



Lastly I was grateful for the gospel. I am so glad that when the world around looks so messed up I still have something to guide my way. Im grateful that I can teach my chidren about the gospel. I am grateful for a family that brought me up in the church and tried to teach me to Choose the Right. I am glad that I have this gospel because every few months I feel like I start to go into a depression it is here to pull me out. The gospel is true and the lord does love me. There are so many things that I am grateful for that I didnt write on here because it would have taken forever. But im hoping that by reading this it make everyone take a look into there own life and find how blessed we are.