*Out of the blue a lady from my ward called me and asked if I wanted to do a temple session...she would come and sit with Emily while I went. Really? ummm.....sure!! It was so nice to go to the temple (although my mind wandered more than ever before), but it was just what I needed to know that someone was thinking of me. Enough to serve me. wow. I feel loved not only by that sweet sister, but also by my Heavenly Father.
*Making soup. I love to make soup. Thanks to my sweet sweet friend for her INCREDIBLE new recipe. It was honestly the easiest soup I've ever made and one of the best tasting I've ever had. My mouth is watering just thinking about it.
*Doing FHE and hearing Matthew. He gets it. Their answers are so profound (at times). We were talking about repenting and feeling remorse. This is what Matthew said, " yeah I feel bad when I do something wrong. It kind of feels like I swallowed my toothbrush and the bristles get stuck in my chest." I just wanted to hug him and tell him I hope he never feels that way again. But I know this is life and it's full of feeling like that (even though at times I would like to take them away). I love him.
* A wonderful loving husband who despite my raging crankiness still loves me.
*A dear dear friend who comes over nearly every week for dinner and FHE. I have loved the tradition he started with us of eating a piece of turkish delight after dinner on FHE nights. The box (sadly) is almost gone, we'll have to find something else to have.....
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Finding joy in the moments of motherhood. Daily moments that: *made me SMILE *appreciate the sweet three kids that have been entrusted to me *feel joy in my decision to raise a family and be a stay at home mother *recognize the Lord’s hand in helping me to be successful as a Latter Day Saint woman and mother
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Daily Joyful Moments
Joyful Moments
Because of those "funkish" moments that I experience every once and while, I want to do as Elder Ballard counseled a few years ago and find joy in the moments of motherhood. To help me do that, I am going to try and write four motherly things that either (1) made me smile (2) appreciate the sweet three kids that have been entrusted to me (3) feel joy in my decision to raise a family and be a full time mom (4) recognize the Lords hand in helping me to be successful as a Latter Day Saint woman and mother.
I have to add that my life isn't perfect. I hope that if anyone ever comes across this blog and reads it (which I am doubtful of) and compares themselves to it, or feels guilt or bad about themselves that they'll realize these are the HIGH points of my life, not my every waking moments. I have terrible mothering moments all the time. And that's the problem, that's why I wanted to start this. I feel so much guilt (which I'm trying to only save for sin now) about the things I do wrong or could have done better, or didn't do at all, that it can be crippling on those funkish days. I'm not trying to pretend that my life is perfect or everything is rosy. Opposition in all things right? We have to have the bad to know the good, the sad to know the happy. Don't compare your low points with my high points. Deal?
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