Memo to self: making goals like less TV time and less stressful Sunday mornings = a life so crazy you don’t have time to worry about those things anyway! We’ve had a doozy of a month and a half here. There’s been change, change, and even more change!
I actually laughed when I saw that one of my Sunday School lessons was on Job in August – because I sure needed it! We had a few weeks, though definitely not as trying as Jobs, that felt like one thing was going wrong after another.
Remember the meal, where Job is eating with his family and one messenger after another comes telling him about a different hardship that has befallen his family (Job 1)?
… and then there was a water leak that caused hidden mold and lead to the retiling and carpeting of our basement apartment …
… and then my husband broke a toe in his bone that requires him to be in a boot with limited activity until Halloween …
… and then my sister got in a car accident (no injuries) …
… and then my missionary brother got kidney stones …
… and then one of the fridges went out …
… followed by a toilet …
See where this is going? Literally that kind of a month. But it really made me look at all that I am grateful for. We’ve had a place to stay while the basement is being renovated, I still have a husband, my sister didn’t get injured, my brother received an honorable release to come home and be with us before our grandmother passed away. As my grandmother would say, so many silver linings!
My favorite silver lining was being able to go up to Park City with my grandmother, sister, and mom. My Grandma Kimball fought off cancer for a year and a half, but then was diagnosed with a childhood form of leukemia. I am working on a post about her – what a wonderful lady!
But I am back, recommitted, and ready to move forward. It was a bittersweet seven weeks, but I feel like we’ve come out the better for it. I miss my grandmother terribly, but I have hope and peace in the gospel.
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