Gratitude post Nov 30, 2012

   Day 30..Today I am grateful for witnessing firsthand the goodness of human nature. I have been overwhelmed by the outpouring of love from so many different sources! I have learned the importance of kindness... it was a post that I posted right before our shocking news of the accident with Madeline Morris, Taylor Morris and Bailee Brinkerhoff I didn't then have any clue that I would shortly see the power of kindness bestowed upon our family. I also didn't understand how kind our Heavenly father would be to me personally. Each time I would think " I wish this would happen or wouldn't this be nice, he would bring it into my life. Two happened yesterday... The first on the way to the hospital.. I had a very sweet experience with Madie in the summer of 2011 when we were going to the Temple one morning. My father had recently passed away and I told her about when I was a teenager I loved rainbows. I told her about a song of a little boy who's mother was dying and in the chorus the song talks about her telling him that she would build him a rainbow, way up high above, sprinkle down sunlight , all plum full of love, sprinkle down raindrops, teardrops of joy, I'll be happy in heaven watching over my boy. As we went around the corner after telling her this there in the sky was a big rainbow. I started crying and told her my father was saying hello... I wondered if Madie would send me the same message. Yesterday morning without any rain there it was as we were driving.. a wide rainbow...I started crying in the car... Then as we were flying home I would hope we would fly over where the accident occurred. sure enough, I was watching... along came the grand canyon, then soon I saw off in the distance Flagstaff, and the road leading there.. 89 . As we flew over I was grateful for twice in a day Heavenly father granting something that had only been a thought in my mind... ♥

Gratitude post Nov 29, 2012

Day 29, 2012... Today I am grateful to have witnessed Psalm 46 "Be still and know that I am God " This has been powerfully witnessed to me over the past 9 days. Every time I have expressed a desire, he has witnessed to me his presence and given to me the desire. He has even given me things that I didn't know I needed but then became apparent how that would lift me and show me the miracle of his love. I can not express enough gratitude for all that has been done because so much I am not even aware of. The many acts of kindness, service, thoughts, prayers, compassion have not gone unnoticed. If I haven't thanked you personally please know that every act of kindness in any form, is greatly appreciated. The Relief Society motto is "Charity never Faileth" I can say that this has never meant so much to me. It is true!! Kindness from the heart is never wrong. ♥ ♥ ♥

Gratitude post Nov 28, 2012

  Day 28... Today I am grateful for the Gift of the Holy Ghost... I understand differently then I ever have before that having been given the Gift of the Holy Ghost and it being confirmed upon me after baptism is truly the greatest gift our Heavenly Father can give to us while on the earth except for the sacrifice and atonement of my Savior Jesus Christ.
I am so grateful for this gift, because I have it I have felt it holding me up, carrying me through, helping me to see clearly, and giving me many opportunities to have brought to my mind different situations that occurred before and since the accident to witness that this was the Lord's hand and that he is aware of my pain, but also that he will carry me and give me more than I could even think or ask for. Blessings beyond measure, to show me that he is God and that he knows the very thoughts and things I would need or desire to make this part of my life's journey easier!
I now see clearly what it means to have the constant companionship of the Holy Ghost. 

gratitude post Nov 26

Nov 26, 2012  Day 26... Today I am grateful that Taylor Morris is through with the surgeries needed to be able to get him on the road to recovery... he is my hero with his precious new fiance Bailee Brinkerhoff who saved his life... he is in immense pain... heartbreaking for me to watch him suffer tonight, but heaven willing he will get a little rest. The next few days will be very excruciating for him, and then we move forward... I have never felt so splintered and yet so completely glued together from countless angels holding the pieces together so I don't completely disintegrate. It confirms to me the power of prayer, service, brotherly love, and generosity of time, talents, prayers and resources, all trying to ease our families burdens. I am grateful to my Heavenly Father for my Savior Jesus Christ, who continues to fill me with his immense love, and also to all those individuals who have dropped out of their world and carried us through the heartache and pain of this past week... Miss you Madeline Morris♥

. First gratitude post after the accident Gratitude post

Nov 24, 2013  Day 24....I am grateful to understand in a different way "I can do all things through Christ who strengtheneth me"..... It is interesting to still be breathing, talking, laughing, and crying... doing two things simultaneously I didn't think I would ever be capable of ... I am so grateful for the knowledge that has been burned into my soul this week of Eternal Families.... I believed it before, but the spirit has soothed my heart in a way I can't describe, that this is a true principle... The Lord is My Sheppard...He has witnessed to me so many times in the past 3 days that this was his plan... not one that I like, but that he would let me know he was powerfully there ... anything I have thought, or not thought of has been provided almost instantly ...because of this witness I have to trust that he will help to carry me through the next several years as I process the reality of our lives without my sweet Madeline Morris ♥