:: Some Positives ::

I realized today that most of my posts of late have been me complaining.

I decided I need to have a better attitude.

I definitely have the attitude part down,

I just need to work on the 'better' part.

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I started to thinking yesterday about how grateful I am for my life, and all the things that go with it.

All the ups and downs.

 I was working on a project for my Activity Days girls yesterday making cards with pictures of the Prophets of the church on them.

I made it about half way through the pictures and I just started crying.

It was really random,

but the spirit was SO strong.

I KNEW that those men were all called of God.

I mean, I of course had known before.

But it was such a strong confirmation again,

that yes, these men all were Prophet of the church.

Right after I had that confirmation,

I found out that a friend had decided to join a different religion.

I have to admit that it did break my heart just a little, only because I wanted her to be as happy and as sure as I am of the truthfulness of this church.

It made me really think about how I treat others around me, and how often I bare my testimony.

I know that she is worried she may lost some friends because of the choice that she has made, but I hope that  those of us that are LDS can see her for the wonderful and loving person that she is and not judge her for using her free agency and making a decision that she felt was best for her.

This experience was a positive for me.

It helped me remember how much I do love the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and how grateful I am for how I was raised and the examples I have had in my life.

Another Positive....

My mother and father-in-law are going to be staying with us for a while.

Though our house will be a little more crowded,

and we will have to adjust our schedules a little,

I am grateful for the opportunity to share our home with them.

I am grateful for the opportunity to be of service to them.

I am grateful for my husband's best friend (his dad Ü) to be close again.

I am looking forward to all the many things we will be able to learn from having them here with us.

Yet another positive...

I have made some AMAZING friends since moving out here.

I have to take total blame for not making any friends where we lived before.

I sort of had this theory that I wasn't the kind of girl that could make friends.

I had 4 best friends and they were just going to be the only friends I had.

But, when we moved out here and isolated ourselves from pretty much everyone, I quickly realized that I needed that companionship.

I needed those girls nights.

I needed someone that I could talk girl talk to.

I sill have those 4 best friends, and we do keep in touch, but these women who have helped me come out of my 'no new friends' bubble are amazing.

My entire life I have felt sorta out of place among girls.

I don't fit the girly girl mold so well.

But I am learning.

And these girls.... well they have taken me in and love me just for who I am.

For this, they will never know how truly grateful I am.

So there ya have it.

Some positives.