"Optimist: Day-dreamer, more elegantly spelled"

~Mark Twain


19.  My young women.  What lovely and beautiful girls.
20. Prayer
21. Bedtime
22. General Conference (I really do look forward to it.)
23. Tucking my kids in, knowing they are happy to see me.
24.  Sam's jokes
25.  Driving adventures through Utah.

"The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge."

~Bertrand Russel


15.  Boys (especially mine)
16.  Faithful women
17.  My sister (included also in 16)
18.  The prayer that led me to this life that I hoped for as a girl.

today is a mix of renewed energy and determination clashed with the reality of my weakness and just life in general. 

I am allowing myself to take very small steps.

"Every spring is the only spring - a perpetual astonishment."

~ Ellis Peters



7.  howling wind.  Open windows.
8. Vase full of flowers
9. Clean and vacuumed bedroom.
10. coloring eggs with the family.
11. a burning desire for good.
12. gratitude for Grace
13. easy and yummy dinner.  Food on our table.
14. still learning and growing.

"Be Strong and of a good courage. Be not afraid, neither be though dismayed, for the Lord thy God is with thee, withersoever thou goest."

~Joshua 1:9

I am grateful for:

1. A fresh start.  So it's been over a year, so what!)
2. Sam, and his eagerness to help me out
3.Young Women's Conference.  It was really good.
4. My bed
5.  being home with my family.  Cedar City was rough
6. But the St. George temple was good.  I liked that a lot.

5 things I am grateful for:

1. Our ward choir. They sounded lovely today, and more than that, they are a handful of wonderful folks who try hard to be good every day. And they love to sing. They make me smile every Sunday.

2. Ice cream: Haagen-Dazs Baileys Irish Cream. I may be sorry later, but right now I'm grateful.

3. My children. They make me smile every day.

4. Sam. The depth of my admiration for that man surpasses words.

5. My car is fixed, Hooray!

Poetry:

My new found passion.

I am so grateful for beautiful words- words that when read, ring truth in my heart like a bell.

Like this 19th century Chippewa poem:

Sometimes I go about pitying myself
and all the time
I am being carried on great winds across the sky.

This was written on my heart the second I read it. It's so true. And I hope it will help me get through my next blue funk more quickly. Because I WILL have one (a blue funk), that's just how I am sometimes.

I feel like I'm going through a kind of awakening, and it is blissful.

I am so thankful:

1. For family -birthday parties, reunions, cousins....so fun.
2. For my bed. (I need it).
3. For the chance to start fresh and do better tomorrow (should I happen to be blessed with another day).
4. For children who forgive and forget so quickly.
5. For Sam putting up with my moodiness so well.