*image from flickr
we are given umbrellas.
March was a rainy month for our family.
People always compare the pain of kidney stones to having a baby. I'm not sure which is more painful. I've never done either "natural", but I don't recommend doing both in the same week. While I was going to the E.R. for kidney stones Todd was on his way to Instacare with a terrible case of strep throat. Todd, Carson, and Annie were all treated for strep throat. Carson had an allergic reaction to the antibiotic and got hives all over his body. Next week I get to have lithotripsy for more stones. Throughout all the rain we have been overwhelmed by all the "umbrellas" we have been given to help us through the storms. Dinners, desserts, breads, phone calls, cards, texts, letters, e-mails, flowers, presents for us and our kids, lunches, amazing help with our kids, prayers, and all your sweet comments on our last post. We have felt so much love.
Before all this happened I feel like I was given many spiritual umbrellas. I was preparing a lesson for a Relief Society lesson I don't even teach until July when this talk and this talk kept coming into mind. They didn't really fit with the lesson I was planning, but now I am so grateful that I read them so many times before this.
A friend told me that our family deserves to win the lottery or something after all this. Last week it felt like we did. Our family needed something to celebrate and our Carson won second place in our city for an art project he did at school. Months ago he told me how everyone in his class got back their art projects from his schools Artapalooza night, but his teacher wanted to keep his. At parent teacher conference his teacher told me that his art had won a few more levels and that he might win a city award. We are so happy for our little artist. We have some of his earlier work displayed in our bathroom.
They had the awards ceremony at a mall and his artwork is now displayed in our city library.
When I look back at this time in our families life I will never forget how many have reached out to us. Recently I realized in all my pregnancy sickness I had neglected a speeding ticket. A very kind man dropped the extra fee's for me by saying "I'm going to pay it forward". After this month I have a lot of "paying it forward" to do. Everything that has been done or said has blessed us more than I can say.
A friend told me that our family deserves to win the lottery or something after all this. Last week it felt like we did. Our family needed something to celebrate and our Carson won second place in our city for an art project he did at school. Months ago he told me how everyone in his class got back their art projects from his schools Artapalooza night, but his teacher wanted to keep his. At parent teacher conference his teacher told me that his art had won a few more levels and that he might win a city award. We are so happy for our little artist. We have some of his earlier work displayed in our bathroom.
They had the awards ceremony at a mall and his artwork is now displayed in our city library.
When I look back at this time in our families life I will never forget how many have reached out to us. Recently I realized in all my pregnancy sickness I had neglected a speeding ticket. A very kind man dropped the extra fee's for me by saying "I'm going to pay it forward". After this month I have a lot of "paying it forward" to do. Everything that has been done or said has blessed us more than I can say.
2 comments:
Jenn! You are my spiritual giant example! I LOVE both those talks you posted! With everything you've been through - you still manage to look at the bright side... or umbrellas in the rain! I don't think you realize the example and impact you are for so many mothers! We love you!
Reading your post helped fill my own soul with gratitude for the trials, and gifts, I've been given in my life. You and your sweet little family have been made to endure so much over the last month...it's almost hard to believe it all had to happen in such a short amount of time. My heart went out to you every time I heard of another mountain you were being made to climb. You are a wonderful person to be able to recognize the hidden (or not so hidden) blessings that were intermingled with your difficult trials.
And way to go, Carson!!! His artwork really is very creative, original, and fun to look at! What a good boy. :)
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