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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO CORY THIS PAST WEEK!
Wife ❤ Mom ❤ Daughter ❤ Chauffer ❤ Teacher ❤ Nursury Leader ❤ Girl's Camp leader ❤ Part-time Psychologist ❤ Avid Reader ❤ Best Friend ❤
We love you, Cory, and can't imagine our family without you!!!
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Instead of living in the past, I decided I should probably be a little more forward-thinking, so just so you will be aware -
Sayre will celebrate his 7th birthday this Friday, February 7th, and in March we will be singing "Happy Birthday" to Grant (8th), Kim (21st), and Ben (24th).
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I didn't get many photos this week but that's ok, I have a treasure trove of images that I love to browse through. It is such a blessing to live in the era of cell phone cameras where we can take a picture at a moment's notice and capture these amazing memories.
Two weeks ago, Kate sent me an outline for "decluttering" your home. I didn't have time to do a lot, but I did clean out my bathroom drawers and countertop. By the time I was finished, I had a garbage bag completely full of old, outdated makeup, medicine, creams, etc., and jewelry that needed to go back into the bedroom. It felt soooo goooood! This past week Kevin and I were asked to minister to a new sister in the Ward. Her husband passed away during Covid and she decided after living without family close by for four years, that she needed to move closer to her son who teaches at the Academy. I called her Sunday evening and she said she could use help assembling some shelves for storage, so we went over Monday and Kevin was able to get the shelves together for her. The shelves were mostly for food storage but she had everything so well organized. These two experiences really hit home to me!
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1. I love the feeling of minimizing and getting rid of things we don't use or need anymore. I realized that we have lived in this house for 20 years (can you believe it?) and without a military move, we have accumulated a lot of "junk".
2. I love feeling organized - my desk, my drawers, I don't have to spend 20 minutes looking for something, And I love having my days organized so I know what we are doing, what needs to be done, what our priorities are for the day - my school assignments, meals, etc.
This is the link to A Home That Heals (this is what Kate sent me)
Even if I can only get one thing done on one list during the week, I feel like I have really accomplished something.
HAVE FUN 😁
Kevin and I also took a morning this week and finally got all of the Christmas decorations put away and the downstairs room cleaned up. We had fun looking at the collection of grandchildren "mementos" on the bookshelf -
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Spencer's airplane pacifier
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Eilis' pink glasses.
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A Phantom of the Opera Christmas Tree Ornament that Adam gave me when he was little
and it really played music 💖
I know I am decluttering, but some things you just can't get rid of 😁
THANK YOU KATE AND JONATHAN for the Sunday Selfie!
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We are excited to see you this week!
As I was looking for some "Cory photos" tonight, I came across some others that made me smile -
I think Eilis has the pink glasses on!
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Once upon a time, I was taller than these boys
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Blythe and "Trouble" 💕
FINAL THOUGHTS -
This week in my Family and Community Relationship class we talked about family structures from the Colonial era to the present day. It was just a little bit funny when we got to the 1950s thru the 70s, from the white picket fences and nuclear families to drugs and free love, girl power, etc. - and I could say I actually lived through the times. We read a lot about tolerance in diversity and my favorite quote came from President Kimball - He said, "The most lovable quality any human being can possess is tolerance. It is the vision that enables one to see things from another's viewpoint. It is generosity that concedes to others the right to their own opinions and peculiarities. It is tolerance that enables us to let people be happy in their own way instead of ours.
My other last thought 😊 - Brother Graham in our Ward is an Army Psychologist/Therapist who spent all of last year in the Middle East, sometimes under heavy missile fire. One night when things were exploding all around them, he said he just felt that everything was going to be ok - not necessarily that he would make it home alive, but that even if he didn't, it would all be ok. No one on this earth is immune from heartache, disappointment, challenges, illnesses, or death - but even when these things come into our lives we can know that we will be ok - through the Savior's love and Atonement, we will be ok ❤
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DO GOOD THINGS THIS WEEK!!!
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