#348 - I am grateful for symbolism and how it is used in the temple. It is better than words because symbols represent meanings and ideas and I believe that all people are in different stages of learning in their lives. I look at some of these older women that serve in the temple all day and I wonder how they can stay focused day in and day out always making sure that each sister gets the royal treatment. Symbols help us to teach our selves through the spirit.
#349 - I am grateful that my Mom is on path. She will definitely add a little spice and a lot of class to our PATH. Somedays we could really use that.
#350 - I am grateful that Eric is working very hard to earn his first bead.
#351 - I am grateful that Dad put gas in my car and I hope that he put air in the tire.
#352 - I am grateful that Emily is feeling better.
#353 - I am grateful for what a sharp looking kid, Titan is.
#354 - I am grateful that Titan will be getting baptized this year.
#355 - I am very grateful for the memory of Emily's baptism day and our kite-flying in the park. That was a beautiful day and it kept me at peace during Blayze's seizure ordeal.
#356 - I am grateful that Blayze is well since Holli has been so sick with this pregnancy.
#357 - I am grateful that Heather is such a good Mom. It is pretty impressive how she sings to her kids every night and reads books. It takes time and education. I don't know if Holli and Heather remember the La Serena apartment when you had the heart-shaped bed spreads. I was pregnant with Brenley and I used to lay with you in your bedroom at night and sing with you for hours. I would sing and then you woud sing and then we would sing together.
#358. I am grateful that Heather survived her surgery and that Brenley and Noni and Dad and Emily and Stacie and Landon were all there together to survive the three days of pain.
#359. I am grateful for the new memories we have of spending time with Heather and Tyler in California.
#360. I am grateful for the calm and peaceful person that Tyler is amidst the dramatic personalities of our daughter, Heather, and their two kids who seem to kick it up a notch or two in the Drama Department whenever possible.
#361. I am grateful that I will have an opportunity to see two of my daughters carry on the legacy of raising a daughter. It will be fun to be the second-hand advice giver in those moments adolescents when a Mom stays awake and prays all through the night that her daughter will be watched over and kept in the loving arms of the Lord. I only hope that your daughters will turn out to be as wonderful of people as my daughters have.
#362. I am grateful that Dad's Yoda backpack is no longer on the closet door handle because that thing freaked me out in the morning when I was looking for jewelry.
#363. I am grateful for a Step-Dad who fills the void in my life that was left by own father. He does what is most important for me in my life and that is that he loves and cares for my Mom. This brings me peace to know that she is happy and loved for who she truly is. I have seen this joy expressed in her art.
#364. I am grateful for my Mom's artwork. It gives great insight to how she views the world simply and sweetly. She bears her testimony through her art. She sees the innocence in things around her.
#365. I am very grateful for Kevin and for what a sacrifice he has made in his life to be a good Father for his children. He loves them and is a "real" Dad. He is a meek and spiritual Giant with a goofy sense of humor and a very bright mind. I especially love how Tyler takes on Kevin's same characteristics.
#366. I am grateful for the loft furniture. I spend a lot of time on it at night working on my computer. Super comfy.
#367. I am thankful for premonitions. I remember about 3 years ago, I was in my closet in Holbrook and I was thinking about what a beautiful life we were having at that time. Then I had the premonition that I should enjoy those times and make the most of them because our lives were headed for a change and those intimate times as a small family unit would change. Times of growth were ahead. This helped me to prepare.
#368. I am thankful for the gift of laughter. Sometimes laughing together as a family about silly stuff really ties us together. It seems especially that Holli's weird picture posts on Path and Heather's quirky replies always keep me smiling. Heather's cleverness makes me jealous and then I remember that I am her Mom and so I helped to make that amazing girl. I must say that she has her Grandma Dulcie in her and I am not sure how that happened. Maybe it was those rides in the convertible down the Main Street of Snowflake with scarfs on their heads. Oh my goodness, those girls all of them (Mom included) are very quirky.
#369. I am grateful that my Mom taught me to love to dance. I was raised around dancing and it really effected my life. When I dance and see others dance it connects me to a free and beautiful world of expression.
#370. I am grateful for each of my grandparents. My Grandma Ruth took me out to lunch one day when she was on a lunch break from work. She worked on big machines and they were cool. Her office smelled like important papers. We went to eat at a small restaurant in Pocatello and my Grandma ordered me a French Dip Sandwich. I loved it. I loved my Grandma and we never really had to talk much to just understand each other. She was gentle and she loved my Grandpa. I went with her many times on fishing trips. She would hang up the fish-net in the car and knit or crochet and listen to 8 track tapes. I would sit in the back and crochet and we would just listen to the music. We never talked much, but I always felt comfortable with her. When I helped with her temple work after she passed away, I recognized that comfortable spirit of my Grandma. I really loved her and I loved how she loved and respected my Grandpa. A quiet love was always felt.
#371. I am grateful for my Grandpa George. He had a corner in the dining room where he worked on flies for fly-fishing and also his oil and water color paintings. I spent a lot of time looking at his artwork on the walls in the family room, bedrooms, and in the basement. I think that is where I first learned to love color. His paintings always illustrated peaceful settings and reminded me of the scripture "be still and know that I am God". Many times when I visited my Grandparents, I would sleep in my Grandpa's room and then my Grandparents would share my Grandma's Room. He always had vicks on his nightstand. I loved to put it on and sleep in my Grandpa's big bed. My Grandma always had really cool and comfortable sheets with flowers. My Grandpa made a cool whistling sound and had bug eyes that danced when I talked to him. I am not grateful for the fish in my Grandpa's Ice Box (refridgerator). They were scary and their eyeballs staring at me offended me everytime. Nothing was more fun to me than sitting in the the kitchen making sandwiches and talking with my Grandparents. I was never scared of my grandparents and I could always ask them questions.
#372. I am grateful for my Grandma Idalia Huff. That woman was a very hard worker and I am sure that is where I got my sense of being a hard-worker from. She served my grandpa everyday that I can remember and she did the dirty stuff that many other women would have sent their husbands to resthomes for. She had cool lunch meat, made amazing homemade bread, she was a riot to watch when she put her Sunday pantyhose on. She taught us how to take the fastest bath ever. She also taught me as a Daughter of God how to show respect for the Holy Garments. When she took a bath, she kept one arm in her garments at all times and she bathed quickly so that she would not be without them. When she handwashed her laundry, she always hung her garments inbetween the rows of sheets and towels so that others would not see them. My grandma loved to play Rook and she was a cusser when she was closing to winning and then lost. It surprised me everytime. She had little snapping housecoats that she wore all of the time. I sat next to her on Sunday when she played the organ and she would count outloud including the "1e+a's and all the rests. She loved the Lord and she loved service. She lost her brother at a very young age and felt that she was to blame for it. She spent much of her life serving and nursing others back to health and I think her fear of losing a loved one is what drove her daily. She had one daughter and her name was Bonnie. My Aunt Bonnie had Rhuemetoid Arthritus and I spent many hours with my Grandma at my Aunt's house. She was always in bed and my Grandma would take care of her and rub her arms and legs and speak to her so kindly. She was a great woman and I am sure that she is on the other side watching out for her loved ones here on earth. I always will love her for the love that she gave my Mom. She helped my Mom raise us and she loved each of us like we were her own. I did not like how she used vinegar for everything though and her basement could be scary at times. My cousins and I talked about a lot of boys down in that basement.
#373. I am grateful for my Grandpa Owen. I don't have many fond memories of him, but I do have one. On the day that I was baptized, I decided to fast. When we were in the meeting all together in the chapel, I really felt weak and kind of dizzy. I layed my head on my Grandpa's shoulder and I somehow made it through the day. I remember later that we all went to eat at the Red Steer Restaurant. We had "crinkle steaks". My favorite! II also remember that my Grandpa worked at a bank and gave out suckers, and he had hats that he went walking in.
#374. I am grateful how Darrin knows what I am thinking and how I am doing without me ever having to tell him. It would be hard to be married to me because sometimes I get lost in my own little world, but he does a great job at it. He brings out the best in me.
#375. I am thankful that I got to sit next to Chelsea in the temple yesterday. It is always nice to go to the temple with daughters.
#376. Speaking of which, I am grateful for the day that we all went to the temple last December. Darrin and I were sitting on one side, and then somehow the girls all ended up bunched up on one bench. They were huddled together in the temple clothing in the sealing room looking like little school maids with bright eyes. That is a moment I will always be grateful for. Not every Mom is blessed with that opportunity or the daughters that make choices that allow them to be in the temple. Super-super-super- grateful.
#377. I am grateful for the youtube video I watched about a former student of mine and friend of Holli's who has multiple schlerosis. I remember this girl's mother and how her Dad carried the mother out on the dance floor at the 8th Grade graduation dance. The mother also had the same disease. I later heard how she did the laundry by crawling around when she could barely see. This girl's brother died of the same disease. This family is a lovely and loving family that leads the way for others who face challenges in life due to health problems.
#378. I think that I mentioned this before, but I am grateful that I could be there for my Mom when she had her cancer surgeory. That was a very hard thing for me, because I don't handle hospitals very well, but the spirit in that hospital was beautiful and they actually had prayers in the evening over the intercom for all of the patients. I am very grateful that my Mom is cancer free and survived that awful ordeal. Cancer is a taskmaster that only the strong-hearted and the very lucky ones survive. I am grateful my Mom was one of those people.
#379. I am thankful for a patriarchal blessing. It has guided me with my brothers, to know my purpose in life, and helped me to understand how I could go about getting Emily here to this earth. It is simple like I am.
#380. I am also grateful for the patriarchal blessings of my daughters and husband. Darrin's blessing says that he shall never want for the necessities of life. We used to think that that meant that he was going to be rich, and it did --- but it is a different kind of richness. A richness of blessings. We are surrounded by beautiful and loving daughters, and pure-hearted son-in-laws, and very - very cute grandchildren. BUT I must say, we have never had much money and still to this day, we have to check our checking account to make sure that we have enough money to go out to eat and still pay our bills. I am not sure why Dad's blessing stated this, but it truly has come to pass. We have been blessed all of our lives to have the necessities of life, but never more than that. It has caused us to have greater faith, and reliance upon the Lord. Those financial hard times will come for all of you if they have not already come. Since you are part of Dad's heritage, you also recieve the same promise as his family.
That is something to truly be grateful for.
#381. I am grateful that I am starting to like to read again. For a long time, I only liked to read educational books because I read so many when I was pregnant with Emily.
#382. I am grateful for the blessing that I sometimes have to know that things are going to happen before they happen. This has helped and strengthened my testimony. It may seem miraculous to others, but it seems to be a way of life to me. One time someone asked me what it feels like when we don't follow the promptings of the Holy Ghost, and I couldn't answer because I didn't know.
#383. I am grateful for forgiveness. It has made our family whole many times after hard times between family members.
#384. I am grateful for my brother Kip. He has a gentle kindness about him that I believe is not normal. He always listened to me and my children and tries to understand and give advice showing that he really cares about people.
#385. I am grateful that he made it through his rough year of marital problems (probably more than one) and survived to share his advice with others. He truly has a repentent heart about anything that he felt he should have changed or done better. It is hard to love so deeply and to have shared everything with someone only to find out that it was not what you really thought it was. Kip made it through the nights of tears and pain, and it is wonderful to see joy on his face again. A better person that God can use an instrument in his hands.
#386. I am grateful for the opportunity to have spent 10 years with my little brother Sean. He slept in my bedroom as a baby. I baby sat him quite often, and after I was married he spent alot of hours in our apartments, houses. Darrin was one of his favorite people and I remember listening to them play with the race cars together when I was sick after having Heather. Sean and I spent a whole year together in Snowflake and I remember the day that we all spent together in the backyard and we took a picture and I remember thinking that it was a "Kodak Moment". Sean was hit by a car soon after that and then he was gone. He was intense, pure in heart, spiritual, smart, and sparkly-eyed.
#387. I am grateful that I had a chance to spend all of that time with him in Snowflake.
#388. I am grateful that we don't have to go through hard times such as the death of a loved by ourselves.
#389. I am grateful for my brother, Chris, and how he always helped me with things when I was first married. He could always save me out of big pile-ups. He was really an amazing worker, even when he was young. I am sorry, that he never really feels like his efforts are appreciated when he gives so many hours of service. In the eyes of the Lord, I believe he will be rewarded for giving everything of himself and that he will be rewarded one day when he returns to his Father in Heaven. I bet you he will say, "Thank you for helping out my children that only you could help. It was hard, but you did it and now you can enter in to my rest." And I really appreciated what a good big brother Chris was for Sean. I think that losing Sean, broke Chris' heart, but there will be a beautiful day of healing for all of us when we see the big plan and the veil is removed from our eyes. Sean has probably been right there next to each of us in all of our trials with such a familiar spirit that we do not even recognize that he is helping.
#390. I am grateful for my Dad. He was a very good man once upon a time. He was a very good cleaner, and he spent a lot of time staying up with me at night because I had stomach problems and was nervous. I always thought that I was going to throw up. He also took me to the hospital quite a few times for my ear aches. He gave me blessings, he hugged me, he woke me up in the mornings with his awful smelling aftershave and he would rub his whiskers on my face and scratch my face. I think that he just got lost somehow, but what I remember most and am most grateful for my Dad for was his beautiful voice. He sang in a beautiful high tenor voice and it was smooth and clear and lovely.
#349 - I am grateful that my Mom is on path. She will definitely add a little spice and a lot of class to our PATH. Somedays we could really use that.
#350 - I am grateful that Eric is working very hard to earn his first bead.
#351 - I am grateful that Dad put gas in my car and I hope that he put air in the tire.
#352 - I am grateful that Emily is feeling better.
#353 - I am grateful for what a sharp looking kid, Titan is.
#354 - I am grateful that Titan will be getting baptized this year.
#355 - I am very grateful for the memory of Emily's baptism day and our kite-flying in the park. That was a beautiful day and it kept me at peace during Blayze's seizure ordeal.
#356 - I am grateful that Blayze is well since Holli has been so sick with this pregnancy.
#357 - I am grateful that Heather is such a good Mom. It is pretty impressive how she sings to her kids every night and reads books. It takes time and education. I don't know if Holli and Heather remember the La Serena apartment when you had the heart-shaped bed spreads. I was pregnant with Brenley and I used to lay with you in your bedroom at night and sing with you for hours. I would sing and then you woud sing and then we would sing together.
#358. I am grateful that Heather survived her surgery and that Brenley and Noni and Dad and Emily and Stacie and Landon were all there together to survive the three days of pain.
#359. I am grateful for the new memories we have of spending time with Heather and Tyler in California.
#360. I am grateful for the calm and peaceful person that Tyler is amidst the dramatic personalities of our daughter, Heather, and their two kids who seem to kick it up a notch or two in the Drama Department whenever possible.
#361. I am grateful that I will have an opportunity to see two of my daughters carry on the legacy of raising a daughter. It will be fun to be the second-hand advice giver in those moments adolescents when a Mom stays awake and prays all through the night that her daughter will be watched over and kept in the loving arms of the Lord. I only hope that your daughters will turn out to be as wonderful of people as my daughters have.
#362. I am grateful that Dad's Yoda backpack is no longer on the closet door handle because that thing freaked me out in the morning when I was looking for jewelry.
#363. I am grateful for a Step-Dad who fills the void in my life that was left by own father. He does what is most important for me in my life and that is that he loves and cares for my Mom. This brings me peace to know that she is happy and loved for who she truly is. I have seen this joy expressed in her art.
#364. I am grateful for my Mom's artwork. It gives great insight to how she views the world simply and sweetly. She bears her testimony through her art. She sees the innocence in things around her.
#365. I am very grateful for Kevin and for what a sacrifice he has made in his life to be a good Father for his children. He loves them and is a "real" Dad. He is a meek and spiritual Giant with a goofy sense of humor and a very bright mind. I especially love how Tyler takes on Kevin's same characteristics.
#366. I am grateful for the loft furniture. I spend a lot of time on it at night working on my computer. Super comfy.
#367. I am thankful for premonitions. I remember about 3 years ago, I was in my closet in Holbrook and I was thinking about what a beautiful life we were having at that time. Then I had the premonition that I should enjoy those times and make the most of them because our lives were headed for a change and those intimate times as a small family unit would change. Times of growth were ahead. This helped me to prepare.
#368. I am thankful for the gift of laughter. Sometimes laughing together as a family about silly stuff really ties us together. It seems especially that Holli's weird picture posts on Path and Heather's quirky replies always keep me smiling. Heather's cleverness makes me jealous and then I remember that I am her Mom and so I helped to make that amazing girl. I must say that she has her Grandma Dulcie in her and I am not sure how that happened. Maybe it was those rides in the convertible down the Main Street of Snowflake with scarfs on their heads. Oh my goodness, those girls all of them (Mom included) are very quirky.
#369. I am grateful that my Mom taught me to love to dance. I was raised around dancing and it really effected my life. When I dance and see others dance it connects me to a free and beautiful world of expression.
#370. I am grateful for each of my grandparents. My Grandma Ruth took me out to lunch one day when she was on a lunch break from work. She worked on big machines and they were cool. Her office smelled like important papers. We went to eat at a small restaurant in Pocatello and my Grandma ordered me a French Dip Sandwich. I loved it. I loved my Grandma and we never really had to talk much to just understand each other. She was gentle and she loved my Grandpa. I went with her many times on fishing trips. She would hang up the fish-net in the car and knit or crochet and listen to 8 track tapes. I would sit in the back and crochet and we would just listen to the music. We never talked much, but I always felt comfortable with her. When I helped with her temple work after she passed away, I recognized that comfortable spirit of my Grandma. I really loved her and I loved how she loved and respected my Grandpa. A quiet love was always felt.
#371. I am grateful for my Grandpa George. He had a corner in the dining room where he worked on flies for fly-fishing and also his oil and water color paintings. I spent a lot of time looking at his artwork on the walls in the family room, bedrooms, and in the basement. I think that is where I first learned to love color. His paintings always illustrated peaceful settings and reminded me of the scripture "be still and know that I am God". Many times when I visited my Grandparents, I would sleep in my Grandpa's room and then my Grandparents would share my Grandma's Room. He always had vicks on his nightstand. I loved to put it on and sleep in my Grandpa's big bed. My Grandma always had really cool and comfortable sheets with flowers. My Grandpa made a cool whistling sound and had bug eyes that danced when I talked to him. I am not grateful for the fish in my Grandpa's Ice Box (refridgerator). They were scary and their eyeballs staring at me offended me everytime. Nothing was more fun to me than sitting in the the kitchen making sandwiches and talking with my Grandparents. I was never scared of my grandparents and I could always ask them questions.
#372. I am grateful for my Grandma Idalia Huff. That woman was a very hard worker and I am sure that is where I got my sense of being a hard-worker from. She served my grandpa everyday that I can remember and she did the dirty stuff that many other women would have sent their husbands to resthomes for. She had cool lunch meat, made amazing homemade bread, she was a riot to watch when she put her Sunday pantyhose on. She taught us how to take the fastest bath ever. She also taught me as a Daughter of God how to show respect for the Holy Garments. When she took a bath, she kept one arm in her garments at all times and she bathed quickly so that she would not be without them. When she handwashed her laundry, she always hung her garments inbetween the rows of sheets and towels so that others would not see them. My grandma loved to play Rook and she was a cusser when she was closing to winning and then lost. It surprised me everytime. She had little snapping housecoats that she wore all of the time. I sat next to her on Sunday when she played the organ and she would count outloud including the "1e+a's and all the rests. She loved the Lord and she loved service. She lost her brother at a very young age and felt that she was to blame for it. She spent much of her life serving and nursing others back to health and I think her fear of losing a loved one is what drove her daily. She had one daughter and her name was Bonnie. My Aunt Bonnie had Rhuemetoid Arthritus and I spent many hours with my Grandma at my Aunt's house. She was always in bed and my Grandma would take care of her and rub her arms and legs and speak to her so kindly. She was a great woman and I am sure that she is on the other side watching out for her loved ones here on earth. I always will love her for the love that she gave my Mom. She helped my Mom raise us and she loved each of us like we were her own. I did not like how she used vinegar for everything though and her basement could be scary at times. My cousins and I talked about a lot of boys down in that basement.
#373. I am grateful for my Grandpa Owen. I don't have many fond memories of him, but I do have one. On the day that I was baptized, I decided to fast. When we were in the meeting all together in the chapel, I really felt weak and kind of dizzy. I layed my head on my Grandpa's shoulder and I somehow made it through the day. I remember later that we all went to eat at the Red Steer Restaurant. We had "crinkle steaks". My favorite! II also remember that my Grandpa worked at a bank and gave out suckers, and he had hats that he went walking in.
#374. I am grateful how Darrin knows what I am thinking and how I am doing without me ever having to tell him. It would be hard to be married to me because sometimes I get lost in my own little world, but he does a great job at it. He brings out the best in me.
#375. I am thankful that I got to sit next to Chelsea in the temple yesterday. It is always nice to go to the temple with daughters.
#376. Speaking of which, I am grateful for the day that we all went to the temple last December. Darrin and I were sitting on one side, and then somehow the girls all ended up bunched up on one bench. They were huddled together in the temple clothing in the sealing room looking like little school maids with bright eyes. That is a moment I will always be grateful for. Not every Mom is blessed with that opportunity or the daughters that make choices that allow them to be in the temple. Super-super-super- grateful.
#377. I am grateful for the youtube video I watched about a former student of mine and friend of Holli's who has multiple schlerosis. I remember this girl's mother and how her Dad carried the mother out on the dance floor at the 8th Grade graduation dance. The mother also had the same disease. I later heard how she did the laundry by crawling around when she could barely see. This girl's brother died of the same disease. This family is a lovely and loving family that leads the way for others who face challenges in life due to health problems.
#378. I think that I mentioned this before, but I am grateful that I could be there for my Mom when she had her cancer surgeory. That was a very hard thing for me, because I don't handle hospitals very well, but the spirit in that hospital was beautiful and they actually had prayers in the evening over the intercom for all of the patients. I am very grateful that my Mom is cancer free and survived that awful ordeal. Cancer is a taskmaster that only the strong-hearted and the very lucky ones survive. I am grateful my Mom was one of those people.
#379. I am thankful for a patriarchal blessing. It has guided me with my brothers, to know my purpose in life, and helped me to understand how I could go about getting Emily here to this earth. It is simple like I am.
#380. I am also grateful for the patriarchal blessings of my daughters and husband. Darrin's blessing says that he shall never want for the necessities of life. We used to think that that meant that he was going to be rich, and it did --- but it is a different kind of richness. A richness of blessings. We are surrounded by beautiful and loving daughters, and pure-hearted son-in-laws, and very - very cute grandchildren. BUT I must say, we have never had much money and still to this day, we have to check our checking account to make sure that we have enough money to go out to eat and still pay our bills. I am not sure why Dad's blessing stated this, but it truly has come to pass. We have been blessed all of our lives to have the necessities of life, but never more than that. It has caused us to have greater faith, and reliance upon the Lord. Those financial hard times will come for all of you if they have not already come. Since you are part of Dad's heritage, you also recieve the same promise as his family.
That is something to truly be grateful for.
#381. I am grateful that I am starting to like to read again. For a long time, I only liked to read educational books because I read so many when I was pregnant with Emily.
#382. I am grateful for the blessing that I sometimes have to know that things are going to happen before they happen. This has helped and strengthened my testimony. It may seem miraculous to others, but it seems to be a way of life to me. One time someone asked me what it feels like when we don't follow the promptings of the Holy Ghost, and I couldn't answer because I didn't know.
#383. I am grateful for forgiveness. It has made our family whole many times after hard times between family members.
#384. I am grateful for my brother Kip. He has a gentle kindness about him that I believe is not normal. He always listened to me and my children and tries to understand and give advice showing that he really cares about people.
#385. I am grateful that he made it through his rough year of marital problems (probably more than one) and survived to share his advice with others. He truly has a repentent heart about anything that he felt he should have changed or done better. It is hard to love so deeply and to have shared everything with someone only to find out that it was not what you really thought it was. Kip made it through the nights of tears and pain, and it is wonderful to see joy on his face again. A better person that God can use an instrument in his hands.
#386. I am grateful for the opportunity to have spent 10 years with my little brother Sean. He slept in my bedroom as a baby. I baby sat him quite often, and after I was married he spent alot of hours in our apartments, houses. Darrin was one of his favorite people and I remember listening to them play with the race cars together when I was sick after having Heather. Sean and I spent a whole year together in Snowflake and I remember the day that we all spent together in the backyard and we took a picture and I remember thinking that it was a "Kodak Moment". Sean was hit by a car soon after that and then he was gone. He was intense, pure in heart, spiritual, smart, and sparkly-eyed.
#387. I am grateful that I had a chance to spend all of that time with him in Snowflake.
#388. I am grateful that we don't have to go through hard times such as the death of a loved by ourselves.
#389. I am grateful for my brother, Chris, and how he always helped me with things when I was first married. He could always save me out of big pile-ups. He was really an amazing worker, even when he was young. I am sorry, that he never really feels like his efforts are appreciated when he gives so many hours of service. In the eyes of the Lord, I believe he will be rewarded for giving everything of himself and that he will be rewarded one day when he returns to his Father in Heaven. I bet you he will say, "Thank you for helping out my children that only you could help. It was hard, but you did it and now you can enter in to my rest." And I really appreciated what a good big brother Chris was for Sean. I think that losing Sean, broke Chris' heart, but there will be a beautiful day of healing for all of us when we see the big plan and the veil is removed from our eyes. Sean has probably been right there next to each of us in all of our trials with such a familiar spirit that we do not even recognize that he is helping.
#390. I am grateful for my Dad. He was a very good man once upon a time. He was a very good cleaner, and he spent a lot of time staying up with me at night because I had stomach problems and was nervous. I always thought that I was going to throw up. He also took me to the hospital quite a few times for my ear aches. He gave me blessings, he hugged me, he woke me up in the mornings with his awful smelling aftershave and he would rub his whiskers on my face and scratch my face. I think that he just got lost somehow, but what I remember most and am most grateful for my Dad for was his beautiful voice. He sang in a beautiful high tenor voice and it was smooth and clear and lovely.
#391. I am grateful for my mind. In my patriarchal blessing it says that I have a keen mind. It is a wierd combination to be blonde and keen at the same time. What I believe that means is that I can see the spiritualness of things. Places, people, and things have a spirit to them and if we are quiet and observant we can listen and feel the true meaning of life around us.
#392. I am thankful for music and the many wonderful things I have experienced in my life through music.
#393. I am very grateful for night times. This is the time that I have to think and plan and to write what I am grateful for.
Debra, this is amazingly well written and beautiful to read. Hope its okay if I send copies to your brothers.
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