A to Z Challenge: M is for Mother

M is for Mother

I am so thankful for my Mom.  She taught me how to cook, sew, clean, manage my time, manage my finances, love the Lord, and to love and serve others.  She has sacrificed so much for me and each of her six children.  

Thank you Mom!  I love you!

A to Z Challenge: L is for Love

L is for Love

  

 Love, the most powerful force on earth.

Without the love of God There would be no earth

There would be no heaven

 

Without love there would be no marriage, 

In the way God intended marriage to be

Without marriage, their would be no births,

Without births their would be no life.

John 3:16

For God so loved the world

That he gave his only begotton son,

That whoso ever believeth in him

 should not perish, 

but have everlasting life.

A to Z Challenge: K is for Kindness

K is for Kindness

It is amazing how something seemingly small and insignificant can make such a difference.  When I am going through a rough patch on my journey through life, and it seems as though I cannot take another step, and I feel alone, God, my Heavenly Father, reminds me he is near. Usually through the acts of another. I feel his love for me in the random acts of kindness performed by others. 

Some recent acts of kindness that felt like a hug from Heaven:

• A letter from a former student, telling me how I impacted their live
• A thank you letter from the parent of a student who has always struggled and is just now seeing their own strengths
• A student asking if you remember their favorite lesson, one you felt like was a flop
• A husband who sneaks out at night to fill your car with gas, or to buy a cheese cake
• A daughter, busy with college and working two jobs, who has find time to make a home cooked supper
• A child bringing me a half wilted daisy they picked on their way to school.  
• Flowers in an a Clorox Wipes container, because that is all there was to put them in
  
  
  
   This week I will look for ways to be kinder to others and I will look for the good in others.  
  
  
  
  
  
   
   

A to Z Challenge: J is for Job

 

J is for Job

We live in a difficult time full of uncertainty.  There are so many businesses being closed, companies moving over sea, and people being laid off.

I am so grateful that in the midst of all of the confusion and jumble that I have a regular and steady job.  I am blessed to be able to teach amazing 5th graders math and science.  I love working with children, seeing them learn, grow and change.

I am thankful for my job.

J is for Job.

A to Z Challenge: I is for Ice Cream!

I is for Ice Cream!

Growing up, my family had a weekly tradition.  Every Sunday Evening, all eight of us, would gather together in the living room.  We would discuss what we learned in church, review highlights of the week, make plans for the up coming week and counsel together.  After which, was the best time of the entire week.  We would watch "The Magical World of Disney" together and eat ice cream. 

It was a time of togetherness, of bonding, of putting everything aside and just enjoying each other  as a family.  Ice Cream is a taste that makes me feel loved, calm, peaceful and accepted.  It is a feeling of family. 

A to Z Challenge: H is for Health

 

H is for Health

I am so thankful that my family 

has been blessed with such great health.  I am thankful that my husband and children encourage me to exercise.  My children have spent countless hours exercising along side me, and motivate me to keep on going.

A to Z Challenge: G is for God the Eternal Father

We Believe in God the Eternal Father and in his son, Jesus Christ and in the Holy Ghost.
-Joseph Smith-

I believe that God is a loving Father.  He wants the best for us.  He gave all mankind the gift of agency that we can choose for ourselves to accept the atonement of Jesus Christ, or not to accept.  Because of this gift some make bad choices and bad things can happen in out lives.  He does not abandon us in our needs.  He walks along side us.  He listens to our prayers.  He answers our prayers, sometimes in unexpected ways but he does answer.  His love for us is great.  God is good.