T.G.I.F.

So, boy, has it been like forever since I last made one of these posts! I feel like I'm always on the go. I'm always running around picking Nate up from school, or shopping or doing errands or cleaning, always cleaning. Something is always going on and it's not until like 10 or 11pm that I'm able to literally sit down and just veg so then I'm up way to late. I thought I'd have all this down time to do all sorts of things and projects since Danny would be gone but now, I'm a week out and I haven't done one thing that I'd hoped for, life has simply been to busy! But as busy as it's been I definitely have many blessings to be grateful for which in no particular order:

1. I am so grateful for friends. Good friends who have kept me sane while I've been flying single. I have been so blessed to be surrounded by such great people who willingly have given of their time and services (especially jump starting a van). I'm not going to name names because there are just too many but thank your for awesome friendships.
   
2. I was listening to my ipod the other day and the country song "Let them be little" came on (I don't remember the singer) and I had tears in my eyes. I have been fighting alot with one of my sons and it really made me stop and think; kids are little for such a short time and they grow so fast. The years just seem to fly by, it seems like yesterday that I just had my first and that was 5 1/2 years ago and now I have 3. But it helped me realize that I need to focus on the bigger picture of things, not the poopy underwear and the constant messes, but the bigger more pertinent issues like them gaining a testimony of our Savior and our Father in Heaven. So, I am grateful that I've been given the opportunity to be a mother, their mother. And I'm grateful that I can be a stay-at-home-mom and really see them "be little".
   
3. I am grateful for prayer. I have turned to prayer so many times in my life and continue to do so because I know He can hear me. It doesn't matter what I pray for or when I pray, I know He is listening and nows my heart. When I'm scared or lonely or in need I know He is there waiting to comfort me. And I know that He does comfort us, He has comforted me many, many times. I am so grateful our Father in Heaven has given us the gift of prayer and since He can't be here to put His arm around us, He does however, wrap us up in His spirit of love and concern. So, I'm forever indebted to Him!