{A Whole lotta thinking...}

 My view never gets old:)

Well I guess my great plan of be a good blogger again kinda slipped but that means I'm keeping busy and moving along with this new phase of life. I sometimes have a lot of things on my mind and no place to vent them but thats not really true this is my space and I intend to keep venting because if we all shut up and never stand up than thats how we get to be a minority which actually looking around people with values, tradition and thoughts contrary to the world........ are already in the minority;)....

Thought 1:

Why is it that we constantly compare ourselves to others?? I heard my 11 year old compare herself to the "other" girls in her grade and it made me sad that its already started so we had a good talk about .......someone will always be...... fill in the blank baby...... because thats life we can't all be rich, famous, beautiful, tall, skinny, fat or what have you..... there's all kinds of us here and we need to love ourselves and others for what GOD gave us..... JUST BECAUSE the world is a terrible example of if "you don't like it get surgery" or whatever it may be or whatever you think you might be be it..... there are rules and consequences in life and there will always be someone more talented, skilled, skinner and more powerful, beautiful but we all gotta find our own inherit beauty and divine nature....

"You are free to choose but you are not free from the consequences of your choice."

Thought 2:

So the world didn't end last night with the blood moon ... I was a little disappointed I mean I really thought this was it ...totally kidding but I do realize that a part of me wishes we could get on with things and how long can this wicked world keep rolling..... But then I think of the beautiful things like sunrises and sunsets and blood moons that remind us daily, that there is someone up there who loves us and sends us reminders constantly to be prepared for whenever that time may be and not to worry so much. I mean this world has been wicked many many times over and over patterns and years of peace and wickedness can be seen throughout history and we have a duty to teach our own kids and be the refuge from the world...  

 

Thought 3:

I never really thought how much a bishop gives of his time how much sacrifice he makes..... until I became the bishops wife... You get used to things and the kids do to. But it makes me wish I had appreciated all my past bishops more for the secret times and hours they give to their ward members at the drop of the hat. OR the times they come home with shoulders drooping and say I wish I knew how to help more..... or the times they hold you tighter and appreciate you more for the love that you share because they see so much sadness and ache because of the choices people make..... the small and big....They spend hours on their knees and they are constantly on the phone trying to help, organize and resolve issues that we never know anything about.  So not really any point just a thought:)  ITS also this Husband, bishop, father, friend, son, uncle, boss, employee, cousin, grandson's birthday on Wednesday Sept 30th:)  We all have titles and responsibilities and this guy does a great job of all of them. He is the hardest worker I know works long days and hours is a great father to our children he makes me laugh daily......and  drags out bedtime with the kids when he's home for more than an hour sometimes they love it...he is the husband I always dreamed about growing up and he is that and more. I count my blessings daily.

pic from our san diego trip this year:)

Thought 4:

With Thanksgiving coming it always makes me so aware of the blessing I have and so grateful for the things that sometimes we don't think about the small things and big things....

I'm Grateful for :

-water when you don't have it for a day you realize how much you use it and how much you don't have stored 

-or simple things like toilet paper;) you realize how important it is when you don't have any left in the house haha

-grateful for the small things we teach our children that we don't think come across until someone tells you what you child said or did that you've been trying to teach them....

-grateful for D's job that provides for our family and the steady dependable job it is and most importantly that he loves it and thrives at it as hard and demanding as some days bring...

-grateful I have my health that all my children are healthy and strong you never know and there are some heart wrenching things families go through who didn't ever think about it either...

-grateful that ms. L loves her dad so much that he takes time with her when he can because every daughter needs a father who loves and cares and takes time.....

-grateful for life lessons that our children learn sometimes tough ones by accident or because of choices that they learn to be more obedient or to listen more that mom and dad do know what they are talking about.....

- grateful for the gospel knowledge that leads and guides my life ....of a Savior who loves us and wants us home that died for us so that we can use the Atonement in our lives should we need it ...when we stop and listen and care enough about more than just this life........ thats big.

-grateful for the examples of others who inspire me to be better and do better...

-grateful for the blessings my children are to me how much the thank yous and the hugs and the I'm sorry means to me. If they had any idea how much we love and want the best of life for them!!  They would know that we do know what we are talking about..... that we have been there that obedience really truly is happiness:) but I'm also pretty sure we thought our parents didn't know anything back in the day either;)

- grateful for friends who know just when you need that shoulder or that listening ear grateful for in tune souls out there.....

-grateful for warmth that comes in so many forms 

Grateful for my life I know that we all go through trials thats what we are here for right  I watched womens conference saturday night and loved this beautiful quote :

"I do not know why we have the many trials that we have, but it is my personal feeling, sisters, that the reward is so great, so eternal and everlasting, so joyful and beyond our understanding that in that day of reward, we may feel to say to our merciful, loving Father, 'Was that all that was required?' I believe that if we could daily remember and recognize the depth of the love that our Heavenly Father and our Savior have for us, we would be willing to do anything They asked to be back in Their presence again. What will it matter, dear sisters, what we suffered here, if in the end, those trials are the very things which qualify us for eternal life and exaltation in the kingdom of God with Them." —Linda S. Reeves

Grateful Eternally for these four:

L's dreaming of how grateful she is for brothers too;) I know it;)

What are you grateful for above all?

HAVE A GREAT WEEK.