Being an instrument in His hands

Sometime ago after Katie was born I struggled with post pardom anxiety and at times lonely depression. This is not a feel sorry for Jeni posting, just read on. My mind and emotions were not my own. I felt that everyone, except for a select few friends simply left me. I have come to believe that it was because they didn't understand what I was going through and did not want to interfer. During that time I had been praying for a friend or friends to come along that I could truly relate to. Literally, I prayed for over a year and a half to be a part of something or to feel normal again. Finally, the answer. I was at Home Depot one night with Tommy and Katie. A girl from my ward was there with her family as well. I didn't really know her but she invited me and Katie to a play group. The friends that I met through play group will truly be friends for eternity. I will always be grateful that this girl reached out, responded to the spirit and answered my prayer. I believe that we can all be instruments in the hands of our Heavenly Father. Sometimes the only answer to our prayer will come through another person. Perhaps this holiday season we can become instruments and help change someone's life even if it seems simple and easy. You will never know that even inviting someone to a play group can change someone's life forever. For those of you in the play group, you know who you are, thank you! And for those of you that have been my friends for years and stuck by me during that time, you also know who you are, thank you! For those of you that are new friends or are becoming better friends, I thank you too!

Flying Food

Yesterday after preschool I sat Katie and Kellen down for lunch.We had chicken pot pie leftovers from the night before. It tasted okay, but of course Katie didn't like it. I made her eat it for lunch anyway because I had packed it with yummy veggies. So I gave her her lunch and went to get Kellen his stuff. All of the sudden I saw pieces of food flying everywhere! Oh yes, you guessed it, Katie was picking up her veggies one by one and chucking them throughout the kitchen. Our dog thought she had died and gone to doggie heaven as the food was just "falling from the sky". Needless to say, Katie was taken to time out real quick and given a little lecture on throwing food. Once again, never a dull moment!

New Look

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Words To Live By

My friend read this in church today and I fell in love with the words. I think this poem is my new mission statement for life. I just had to share it with everyone!

I Really Lived
By Sister Marjorie Pay Hinckley

I don't want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, wearing beautifully, tailored clothes, my hair expertly coiffed, and with long, perfectly manicured fingernails.

I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels from taking kids to scout camp.

I want to be there with grass stains on my shoes from mowing Sister Schenk's lawn.

I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches for a sick neighbor's children.

I want to be there with a little dirt under my fingernails from helping to weed someone's garden.

I want to be there with children's sticky kisses on my cheeks and the tears of a friend on my shoulder.

I want the Lord to know I was really here and that I really lived.

Nursing Program

Okay, so I am saying it outloud now. For the past two months I have been attending school. I have two more classes to take before I can apply for the nursing program. I have always loved anatomy and the study of the body and diseases. I am really excited!!! Right now I am about ready to take my final for Medical Terminology. Wish me luck! I think I should do well since I have an A in the class so far. Going back to school after finishing college over 5 years ago is scarey but really fun!! I will be sure to keep everyone updated on how it goes.

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