Renters

So, 

My last post was about one frustrating night with running around changing fire alarms at 4 AM.  I realized it was actually a blessing because I did not have renters in our unit and I could take care of it without disturbing anyone but myself.   The next night we had a family book with us who is here in San Diego for a conference.  They have a 4 year old girl and a little 3 year old girl with anoxic brain injury from a really bad shoulder dystocia.  The 3 year old can't move her muscles and has to be fed with a peg tube every 3 hours.   It seemed like such a difficult life for the family and for that sweet little spirit.  They flew everything from British Columbia and we're getting some sort of therapy by a doctor in orange county. Talking to them and hearing their story made me so grateful for 2 things:  #1:  I have never had a shoulder dystocia that could not be resolved in a few minutes and no babies that I've delivered have suffered any permanent damage  #2. I have 2 normal, beautiful, and healthy children. You never know what can be thrown your way, but I'm grateful that that is not my cross to bear.   I gave them a discounted rate and we're giving them free Legoland tickets tomorrow(had some extras).  

Eternally grateful

I teach Sunday school to the 14 and 15 year olds.   This Sunday the lesson was about recognizing Gods hand in our lives.  There was a talk by Elder Eyring where he explained that he kept a daily journal and every day tried to look at what had happened and God's hand in his and his families life.   He said it really strengthened his testimony and brought him closer to God.  I decided to follow his example and attempt to do the same thing every day.

I started on Monday but honestly was having a hard time identifying exactly what God was doing or where he was intervening.  I do a better job of looking back over an extended period of time, but more difficult on an exact basis.  

Well, Tuesday I was able to take a glorious nap while my 2 children were napping and had energy to complete my long list of tasks.   I got so caught up with everything that I finally went to bed at 1 AM.  Then started my night of hell. Brazil woke up at 2.  I fed her and tugboat she went back down.  Then at 4:45 all the fur alarms started chirping. Matt was gone yo bend last night, so I had to go around d unplugging all the little dang things and then finally figured out that I needed to turn on the breaker outside. I finally got it taken care of by 5:20.  William then woke up 20 minutes later all energized and then it was hazels turn.  Ugggg.  Where was the blessing in all of this??  Stay tuned for tomorrow when it all makes sense.