The most common question I hear

Inquiring minds want to know (aka...the most common question I hear):

How are you feeling? 

Physically, I am almost back to normal.  Still a little lacking in the energy department, but that could be due to a number of things.  I have 2 children that are very active...especially Beau. I just got done having 2 surgeries (the biggest contributor to my lacking energy).  And...I am getting used to being on thyroid medication instead of actually having a thyroid.  I'm not sure how much that contributes to the overall package, but I'm sure it does. 

Beau has figured out that I am all talk and no action.  Since I can't lift more than 20 lbs until Tuesday, I can't put him in his booster seat, put him in his time-out chair, lift him out of the bath, or put him in bed.  He caught on pretty quick, and now his daddy is having to be the main disciplinarian.  He pretty much knows that I have no authority. 

Tuesday, I can start lifting again, and I will begin to re-establish myself as an authority figure at our house :)! I am pretty sure it's going to be a bumpy ride! 

Spiritually, I have had many many moments of quiet peace.  I don't always feel peace--I wish I did, but I'm human like the rest of you! One thing that was hard for me today was not being able to sing the hymns at church.  I have always enjoyed singing, but right now it hurts really bad to sing and I can't keep my voice steady enough.  Talking is no problem, but SINGING??? yikes! But, the hymns still meant so much to me today.  I had the unique opportunity to quietly focus on the words that others around me were singing.  The most touching hymn to me today was "Come Unto Jesus" (click on the link if you're not familiar with this particular hymn). The verse that touched me the most was the 3rd verse which goes like this: 

 Come unto Jesus; He'll surely hear you,
If you in meekness plead for his love.
Oh, know you not that angels are near you
From brightest mansions above?

I have had so many moments when I feel like I have had the help of angels comforting me and getting me through the hard patches. 

I also feel like I have had lots of help from "angels" all around me.  Dinners brought in by friends from church. Even a couple dinners brought in by friends from when Jereld and I were single. Angels have watched my children or helped me put my kids to bed night after night without complaining! Angels have asked me how I"m doing and shared words of comfort.  Angels who have shared their own stories of trials and angels who have offered hugs and cried with me.  

Mosiah 2:17 says, "And behold, I tell you these things that ye may learn wisdom; that ye may learn that when ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God."

For now, I am trusting in "good things to come." This short clip makes me tear up every time! It gives me great hope!