Blessed Beyond Measure:
1. Blessing: Seven healthy children.
2. Blessing: A committed marriage.
3. Blessing: Wonderful friends who love me, as well as family.
4. Blessing: A mother who cleans my house, helps with my babies, and even does my laundry (and knows where to put most things away also!) on a regular basis.
5. Blessing: The opportunity to hold a current temple recommend.
6. Blessing: Food on the table.
7. Blessing: Good doctors! Dr. Wonderful and Dr. Awesome, you know who you are...
8. Blessing: The ability to swim 2000 yards, even after all these years.
9. Blessing: A connection to God and my Savior that grows closer every day.
10. Blessing: We booked our flight to Hawaii--without kids!
11. Blessing: The Gospel of Jesus Christ
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Being Blessed
Life has been really challenging lately--as I've mentioned before, I've got some health issues that are making it impossible to ignore them. It's official that I have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and as my health care provider puts it, my crashes go "way beyond adrenal fatigue." So there you have it.
Some days I feel so overwhelmed and exhausted and it really starts to take a toll on my attitude, so I have decided that I need to take a moment now and then to either list some of my blessings from that day or note ways that I know God is attending to my needs.
So here goes:
Blessing: I can finally fit back into my pre-pregnancy clothes. In fact, some of them are too big! That's okay, though, because I don't like all of them anyway anymore. I haven't seen a size "8" since 2003. Cool, huh?! (This has not been without MUCH time at the gym and much dietary change, lest you think this just happened on its own--it didn't!)
Blessing: It rained today. It was a crazy, torrential rain that did some damage to some people's homes in parts of the valley, but I loved it and it didn't do any damage here, so it's a blessing.
Tender Mercy: I found the time and energy to weed part of the garden in the back yard today while the girls played in the yard.
Tender Mercy: This morning Tanner's built-in retainer popped out on one side of his mouth, and since I didn't have anyone scheduled to help with babies today, we all piled in the car and headed to the dentist's office(that was a royal pain!). The tender mercy that occurred was that when we walked in, one of my dearest friends was there with her 5 children for their checkups and I got to visit and catch up with her during part of my wait. The Lord loves me!
Blessing: Nobody complained about the dinner I served tonight.
I imagine there are more, but my brain is sluggish and it's time for bed. Some days I wonder how I am going to get through this experience and this life, but at least blessings and tender mercies help balance out the sweet with the sour!
Some days I feel so overwhelmed and exhausted and it really starts to take a toll on my attitude, so I have decided that I need to take a moment now and then to either list some of my blessings from that day or note ways that I know God is attending to my needs.
So here goes:
Blessing: I can finally fit back into my pre-pregnancy clothes. In fact, some of them are too big! That's okay, though, because I don't like all of them anyway anymore. I haven't seen a size "8" since 2003. Cool, huh?! (This has not been without MUCH time at the gym and much dietary change, lest you think this just happened on its own--it didn't!)
Blessing: It rained today. It was a crazy, torrential rain that did some damage to some people's homes in parts of the valley, but I loved it and it didn't do any damage here, so it's a blessing.
Tender Mercy: I found the time and energy to weed part of the garden in the back yard today while the girls played in the yard.
Tender Mercy: This morning Tanner's built-in retainer popped out on one side of his mouth, and since I didn't have anyone scheduled to help with babies today, we all piled in the car and headed to the dentist's office(that was a royal pain!). The tender mercy that occurred was that when we walked in, one of my dearest friends was there with her 5 children for their checkups and I got to visit and catch up with her during part of my wait. The Lord loves me!
Blessing: Nobody complained about the dinner I served tonight.
I imagine there are more, but my brain is sluggish and it's time for bed. Some days I wonder how I am going to get through this experience and this life, but at least blessings and tender mercies help balance out the sweet with the sour!
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