Late But Grate-full

      Yes, I am a day late and probably lots of dollars short, as the saying goes (sort of)! But at the same time I am very very very grateful for so many blessings in my life! Sometimes it is hard to count my blessings with all the difficulties I have had to deal with in the past several years. There are truly times I just want to pull the covers over my head and sleep all day and night. BUT I am also very grateful that I seldom have troubles sleeping because I know many people, some very dear to me, that struggle sleeping. And I have to remind myself so often that even those simple things can be a blessing. So today I just want to rattle on about some of those little or big things I am so very grateful for. So bear with me, okay? 

     I am so so so grateful that I have the gospel of Jesus Christ in my life and that I have tried to live  to gain a strong testimony of my Lord and Savior and the plan of life that He has played such a huge part in for all of us. I am grateful to know that even with all the tests, trials, struggles, and problems I have faced, still face and will face in the future, if I can just hang in there strong and true HE WILL make ALL things right at the proper time!! And I honestly look forward to that day when I will be able to look back on it all and finally understand totally why I had to go through what I did!

     I am so very grateful for my family . . . from both ends! I was blessed with parents who taught me correct principles and siblings who continue to be supportive of one another. I was blessed with 5 very very very special sons and I cannot thank each of them enough for all the love and support they have given me, especially in these last few very difficult years!! And their wives and all of those dear grandchildren. I have to thank a few of them for helping me be late on this blog because they spent the day with me and so I put this off a bit. But as I watched and/or interacted with them it made me realize how blessed I am to know that families can be together forever. I truly could just sit and watch my little ones as they learn and grow . . . and even my big kiddos as they continue making their lives as well.

     Truly, isn't life a wonderful thing? Sometimes it is just plain hard! And sometimes we just have to take the time to smell the roses, enjoy a cool starlit night, watch a child learning to walk, sit quietly and listen to the thunder and, oh, so many miraculous things around us every moment! I hope that each of us, and that totally means me, can just take the time to see those small miracles in our lives and the world around us and be grateful for each one!

     And although I could go on and on I will end with just assuring each of you, my dear friends, especially those of you who read my blogs, that I am so very grateful for you and your loving support!!