LIFE's LITTLE BLESSINGS


+ i did a fast for something that i have wanted for a while now, some of my wonderful family and friends joined me. then came the blessings. not sure if i am totally ready for it, but came it did anyway!

+ i went out to the mailbox and noticed a big envelope with my name on it. i opened and then came the blessings. ALL of the missing loot from the "folder incident" had been returned to me. there ARE honest people in this world-- this honest individual had found the folder and its contents in the middle of the boston common and mailed it to me without delay. so so blessed.

+ things got stressful at work this past week and i almost lost my job. i got on the T and headed for brookline. then came the blessings. i've had the most amazing weekend playing with my best friends in boston. i miss these kids so much and it has been so fun making a haunted house, eating pizza and ice cream sundaes, putting make-up on anna, wrestling with russ, baseball with jamie, games as a group, snuggles at night and of course watching the RED SOX kick some ACE! i didn't even know i needed this blessing until it came... so much peace i can't stand it!

+ i couldn't sleep last night, the stresses of this coming week were looming, the neighbor (who just so happens to be one of the red sox owners) was having a hip hoppin' post game 3 party that lasted until who knows when and a few other details of my life have been on my mind. i finally turned the light back on around 1am and looked through my notes from when Pres Jeffrey Holland and his wife spoke in church a few weeks ago and i came across a passage that sister holland had recommend we read. then came the blessings: "it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. but call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions." an answer to some prayers about my fear came to my mind and then my body relaxed and i fell asleep not too long after that.

+ i am blessed every day with amazing parents, great family members who listen to my stories so patiently, friends who pick me up when i am down. those are blessings that i take for granted far too often.