I cannot buy you expensive gifts. I cannot send you on a trip around the world. I cannot take away all of your problems. Here is what I can give you:
I can take your children for an afternoon so that you can have a break.
I can get your family into the zoo for free so that you and your children can have an afternoon out with minimal cost.
I can bring you groceries so that you don't have to go out with a new baby or a sick child.
I can make you dinner.
I can give you a shoulder to cry on and a listening ear any day or night of the week.
If I have an item you need, and it's not in use, it's YOURS.
ALL you have to do is accept.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
AH-HA!
I LOVE "AH HA" moments. When something ... the meaning, or the reason for something, just clicks into place. When I understand something that was an anomaly for so long. Some a mystery for over a decade. It just does so much for me to finally understand! :-) Now on to the NEXT mystery ;-)
So Grateful, So Bitter!!!!
I come from good stock. My Mom is very generous. My Grandma was the same. My Children are good and kind. My Husband is so far above the average "Guy". See all these examples of Goodness I have around me?! It makes me feel soooo blessed and grateful!!!
My Mom went to the store for me today so I wouldn't have to go out with all of the kids. You don't know how many afternoons when I was on my own in Wyoming that I have wished for someone who would do that! THEN, she collected 1/2 the cost of my groceries (her request not my offer) from me and called it fair. She then allowed me to use her Debit card to pay for our dinner... I was $3 short for pizza. WOW! I feel so grateful for all she does.
David's Family is generally kind as well. HOWEVER, and yes, this IS the bitter part, I sometimes TRULY feel so let down by the interactions (or lack of interaction) We as a Family have with them.
I feel that priorities in the Rose Family are often seriously in disaray.
I feel that their priorities are going to seriously handicap their relationship with My Children. And that bothers me... especially when we just moved almost 200 miles to make sure they had a chance at a good, solid relationship with them.
My Son cannot visit His Grandparents because there are too many breakables this time of year. And that makes it hard for me to want to visit the other times of the year.
There also seems to be a large amount of favoritism where there is supposedly none. I KNOW I've blogged about that part before.
Let me just say, if My Mom is ever NOT around, it will DEVASTATE My "Little" Family. We are soooo utterly grateful for the time she devotes to us. For her willingness to step outside her "comfort zone" to take on all FIVE of my Children so that some of MY days can be easier!!!!
My Mom went to the store for me today so I wouldn't have to go out with all of the kids. You don't know how many afternoons when I was on my own in Wyoming that I have wished for someone who would do that! THEN, she collected 1/2 the cost of my groceries (her request not my offer) from me and called it fair. She then allowed me to use her Debit card to pay for our dinner... I was $3 short for pizza. WOW! I feel so grateful for all she does.
David's Family is generally kind as well. HOWEVER, and yes, this IS the bitter part, I sometimes TRULY feel so let down by the interactions (or lack of interaction) We as a Family have with them.
I feel that priorities in the Rose Family are often seriously in disaray.
I feel that their priorities are going to seriously handicap their relationship with My Children. And that bothers me... especially when we just moved almost 200 miles to make sure they had a chance at a good, solid relationship with them.
My Son cannot visit His Grandparents because there are too many breakables this time of year. And that makes it hard for me to want to visit the other times of the year.
There also seems to be a large amount of favoritism where there is supposedly none. I KNOW I've blogged about that part before.
Let me just say, if My Mom is ever NOT around, it will DEVASTATE My "Little" Family. We are soooo utterly grateful for the time she devotes to us. For her willingness to step outside her "comfort zone" to take on all FIVE of my Children so that some of MY days can be easier!!!!
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Overwhlemed!
WOW! I believe there IS a God more today than I did yesterday.... and there was no question yesterday in my mind or heart.
We are studying George Albert Smith in church right now. He said: "Our Heavenly Father has said in very plain terms that he who says he loves God and does not love his brother is not truthful." AMEN!!!!!!
Now, I believe in my Heart and Soul, that God knew that today was the day in the History of the world, that we needed the lesson from manual on Pres Smith about Loving our Neighbor. I believe that 200 years ago when the LDS church was organized by divine revelation, that God had it planned for us to have this lesson on this day.
YAY!!!!! It has been such a blessing to me to have this lesson taught on my 1st day attending church in our new Ward.
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The 2nd major part of whaT I'm saying in this entry is this:
I KNOW with everything in me that we were meant to move to where we are now. We couldn't move here a year ago. We couldn't move here next year. We had to do it NOW.
And I have a specific purpose.... or specific purposes here.
YAY!!!!!
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Everything I do is multi dimentional. My brain, though slow in some ways, works multi dimentionally.... ALWAYS.
For example: Elizabeth's name. Dimension 1: I like tthe name, it's pretty. Dimension 2: It means "House of god." Dimension 3: She was MEANT to have that name.
That's just how everything is with me. And YES, it really does apply to EVERYTHING.
Now I know this is a post that doesn't seem very organized. But when I comes down to it: All 3 of my points are reasons why my faith is stronger today.
We are studying George Albert Smith in church right now. He said: "Our Heavenly Father has said in very plain terms that he who says he loves God and does not love his brother is not truthful." AMEN!!!!!!
Now, I believe in my Heart and Soul, that God knew that today was the day in the History of the world, that we needed the lesson from manual on Pres Smith about Loving our Neighbor. I believe that 200 years ago when the LDS church was organized by divine revelation, that God had it planned for us to have this lesson on this day.
YAY!!!!! It has been such a blessing to me to have this lesson taught on my 1st day attending church in our new Ward.
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The 2nd major part of whaT I'm saying in this entry is this:
I KNOW with everything in me that we were meant to move to where we are now. We couldn't move here a year ago. We couldn't move here next year. We had to do it NOW.
And I have a specific purpose.... or specific purposes here.
YAY!!!!!
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Everything I do is multi dimentional. My brain, though slow in some ways, works multi dimentionally.... ALWAYS.
For example: Elizabeth's name. Dimension 1: I like tthe name, it's pretty. Dimension 2: It means "House of god." Dimension 3: She was MEANT to have that name.
That's just how everything is with me. And YES, it really does apply to EVERYTHING.
Now I know this is a post that doesn't seem very organized. But when I comes down to it: All 3 of my points are reasons why my faith is stronger today.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Back in Utah
Well, here I am. Back in Utah. And happy to be. It's been a few days, and the apartment is coming together. We had Dan and Rachel over for dinner, and it was nice to have it be so casual rather than either them having to travel or us. I'm truly grateful for this past year. We've lived with them for days at a time when visiting and I truly ♥ them!!!!
David had to leave to go back to work tonight. I am sad to see him go. I think this move is good for our Family and our relationship.
It's definitely an adjustment. We're so used to the middle of nowhere, and the sheer # of people here is hard for us. But we like our new home so far, and again...being so close to Family.
It's been so strange to go to Target instead of Walmart. I ♥ Target.
A post I've been meaning to make but haven't had time for with the move is a list of all of the decisions I look back and see as life altering. So, I want to share my top BEST decisions:
1- to Graduate from High School. It seems like such a no brainer, but I see anything good I did before the age of 19 cumulates in this one decision.
2- to move to Virginia for a year.
3- to join the Military when I did.
4- to jump at the oportunity to be with David.
5- to have Elizabeth
6- to move with David to Colorado. It waS a hard time for our marriage, but we still bonded with eachother.... AND Elizabeth.
7- to have Elysia... and keep her. I almost gave her up because our lives were so filled with contention.
8- to have more than 2 children
9- to move to Wyoming.
10- to divorce David ( I "skipped" having Abby. Not because she wasn't one of the 6 BEST "things" that ever happened to me, but because she was only partially a decision (per #8) and mostly a surprise)
11- to let Jared go and reunite with David
12- to have Jacob
13- to homeschool for the past 2 years
14- to have Bella.
15- to come back to Utah.
For all the stupid things I've done, there are the 15 things I've done right. And they have truly made my life rich!
David had to leave to go back to work tonight. I am sad to see him go. I think this move is good for our Family and our relationship.
It's definitely an adjustment. We're so used to the middle of nowhere, and the sheer # of people here is hard for us. But we like our new home so far, and again...being so close to Family.
It's been so strange to go to Target instead of Walmart. I ♥ Target.
A post I've been meaning to make but haven't had time for with the move is a list of all of the decisions I look back and see as life altering. So, I want to share my top BEST decisions:
1- to Graduate from High School. It seems like such a no brainer, but I see anything good I did before the age of 19 cumulates in this one decision.
2- to move to Virginia for a year.
3- to join the Military when I did.
4- to jump at the oportunity to be with David.
5- to have Elizabeth
6- to move with David to Colorado. It waS a hard time for our marriage, but we still bonded with eachother.... AND Elizabeth.
7- to have Elysia... and keep her. I almost gave her up because our lives were so filled with contention.
8- to have more than 2 children
9- to move to Wyoming.
10- to divorce David ( I "skipped" having Abby. Not because she wasn't one of the 6 BEST "things" that ever happened to me, but because she was only partially a decision (per #8) and mostly a surprise)
11- to let Jared go and reunite with David
12- to have Jacob
13- to homeschool for the past 2 years
14- to have Bella.
15- to come back to Utah.
For all the stupid things I've done, there are the 15 things I've done right. And they have truly made my life rich!
Monday, December 5, 2011
Here goes...
I haven't posted for a bit... 5 kids keep me on my toes. CONSTANTLY! Bella's 2 months now, and Jacob's busy entertaining her so here goes.
Thanksgiving gave me a lot to think about. So has David's schedule.
Monday the 28th marked Bella's 2 month Birthday. She is 9 lbs 5 Oz. 21 inches. And Cute as can be!!!!
She had under developed tear ducts that gave us issues for about 6 weeks after she was born, but they seem to have cleared up now :D
She also has a Hemangioma on the crown of her head. Which we are keeping an eye on.
David went back to work last Tues after his week off. He had to be to work at 6 am, and they headed to North Dakota. No sooner had he left the state than Elysia started complaining of a stiff neck. She had already been "sick" and felt crappy. I looked up stiff neck in children online, and the VERY first thing popping up all over the search results were Meningitis, and other horrible illnesses. The main thing that was said was that in a child with these 5 symptoms, the symptom that tips the scales and signals probable Meningitis is the stiff neck. Oh, I forgot to mention that she was also complaining that her eyes were bothering her. And since we had been exposed to Viral Pink eye the previous week, that was a concern too. And another reason we were worried about possible Meningitis is because Elysia has been ill on a regualar basis for about a year now and the word has already been thrown around more than once. So.....
Tues, meant a hurried trip to Green River to the Eye Doctor. Yep, a mild... thank HEAVEN MILD case of Viral Pink Eye. Then we dropped Elizabeth, Abby, and Jacob off with Ivy (My HERO! And Savior on multiple occasions!) and rushed back to Rock Springs to Urgent Care. THEN because the Dr thought it really MIGHT be Meningitis, we had to go over to the ER where they did a Spinal Tap on my Poor 6 Year old to rule it out once and for all. ACK! It was sooooo horrible! She cried. And CRIED. And I Cried and Cried. And Bella, who I had to take with us was super restless and fussy. At 10 pm, after finally ruling out Meningitis, I took a super loopy (from the meds that kicked in AFTER the procedure instead of before) Elysia back to Green River to rescue a worn out Ivy.
Since then we have slowly waited through symptoms and Poor Elysia feeling awful, sleeping a lot and throwing up. *Sigh* And she finally seems to be over it!
Just in time for her 7th Birthday tomorrow! :D
And with David in another state for ALL of it, I have seriously thought that I cannot get moved back to Utah fast enough. But at the same time, I've pulled through it. WE have pulled through it! The major dilema here is that if we move back to Utah, then the days that David is in Rock Springs, we won't see him at all. However, the days that he's gone, I would have My Mom and others aroung. Hmmmmmmm. What to do.
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So then, I've had the interactions with My Mom and David's Family that have given me a lot to think about. Along with my Friends both here and in Utah. I've observed how different people do things differently. It's been teaching for sure!
I've gotten de reailed a bit. And lost focus, so I'll call it good for now. Hopefully I'll post agin soon.
Thanksgiving gave me a lot to think about. So has David's schedule.
Monday the 28th marked Bella's 2 month Birthday. She is 9 lbs 5 Oz. 21 inches. And Cute as can be!!!!
She had under developed tear ducts that gave us issues for about 6 weeks after she was born, but they seem to have cleared up now :D
She also has a Hemangioma on the crown of her head. Which we are keeping an eye on.
David went back to work last Tues after his week off. He had to be to work at 6 am, and they headed to North Dakota. No sooner had he left the state than Elysia started complaining of a stiff neck. She had already been "sick" and felt crappy. I looked up stiff neck in children online, and the VERY first thing popping up all over the search results were Meningitis, and other horrible illnesses. The main thing that was said was that in a child with these 5 symptoms, the symptom that tips the scales and signals probable Meningitis is the stiff neck. Oh, I forgot to mention that she was also complaining that her eyes were bothering her. And since we had been exposed to Viral Pink eye the previous week, that was a concern too. And another reason we were worried about possible Meningitis is because Elysia has been ill on a regualar basis for about a year now and the word has already been thrown around more than once. So.....
Tues, meant a hurried trip to Green River to the Eye Doctor. Yep, a mild... thank HEAVEN MILD case of Viral Pink Eye. Then we dropped Elizabeth, Abby, and Jacob off with Ivy (My HERO! And Savior on multiple occasions!) and rushed back to Rock Springs to Urgent Care. THEN because the Dr thought it really MIGHT be Meningitis, we had to go over to the ER where they did a Spinal Tap on my Poor 6 Year old to rule it out once and for all. ACK! It was sooooo horrible! She cried. And CRIED. And I Cried and Cried. And Bella, who I had to take with us was super restless and fussy. At 10 pm, after finally ruling out Meningitis, I took a super loopy (from the meds that kicked in AFTER the procedure instead of before) Elysia back to Green River to rescue a worn out Ivy.
Since then we have slowly waited through symptoms and Poor Elysia feeling awful, sleeping a lot and throwing up. *Sigh* And she finally seems to be over it!
Just in time for her 7th Birthday tomorrow! :D
And with David in another state for ALL of it, I have seriously thought that I cannot get moved back to Utah fast enough. But at the same time, I've pulled through it. WE have pulled through it! The major dilema here is that if we move back to Utah, then the days that David is in Rock Springs, we won't see him at all. However, the days that he's gone, I would have My Mom and others aroung. Hmmmmmmm. What to do.
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So then, I've had the interactions with My Mom and David's Family that have given me a lot to think about. Along with my Friends both here and in Utah. I've observed how different people do things differently. It's been teaching for sure!
I've gotten de reailed a bit. And lost focus, so I'll call it good for now. Hopefully I'll post agin soon.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Heavenly Father, Walk through my home and take away all my worries and any illnesses. Please watch over and heal my family and friends. Bless my home, family and friends with Peace, Love and Joy. In Jesus Name. Amen. This prayer is so powerful. Watch what He will do. With God all things are possible. :)...
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