The Six of Us

Lee and I are in Washington visiting friends. We have really great friends.  Last night we went out to dinner and a movie with just the adults.  Great time.  I think the only time we ever go out with another couple is when we come up here.  On our way to dinner I got some bad news regarding a good friend.  She was in the hospital over the weekend.  This friend has some major major chronic life threatening stuff going on.  She was doing well for a quite a while and then around Thanksgiving it all fell apart.  She still hasn't been able to get back to where she was before Thanksgiving and is now dealing with the fact that she may never be where she was before. I have a three day weekend well actually four.  Although I may go into tomorrow to make some hours as well as working on some school things.  I sometimes forget just how blessed I am. I am getting paid to sit here on my laptop and watch my children play games.  Life is good. ...

At church today a previous member of our Releif Society spoke.  She spoke about all the problems her and her family had had over the past year.  I knew of some of it but not all of it.  Then her husband got up to spoke and mentioned his wife had forgoten to mention a few other things.  Then their son spoke about faith in primary.  I was so touched by this family.  They weren't complaining about their lives they were just saying that bad things happen and that we must press forward.  It is hard to explain just how touched I was by their talks and their faith.  I looked over our past year and nothing comes even close to what they have gone through.  We have had our own struggles but compared to others it is so minor. My mother in law has her Gmail status as "I am so Thankful for my Blessings.".  She has has had a hard few months as well.  Sometimes we just need to slow down and count our blessings and remember what we do...