It has been some time since I have updated what is going on in our lives, and I finally found some spare time today, so I decided to post a new update. The last few weeks have been amazingly busy and challenging, but looking back on them I can only express gratitude for everything that took place.
I have found myself very busy at work and at times frustrated as I learn the work and get my daily tasks done, but because of the income we have been able to save the car, pay all the other bills, and even have some to spend on fun things for ourselves, which has been very nice for a change. It is still frustrating to me sometimes to have to work when there are things I would much rather be doing with the family, but I realize that if I wasn't working we would have lost it all without a doubt.
Last week my mom told me in a text message that she had to go in for a biopsy because they suspected possible breast cancer, and I was scared to death not only that I may be susceptible to the same fate, but more that her time here would be cut short and I wouldn't have her in my life anymore. I prayed harder and fasted more than ever in my life that her results would come back that she was healthy, and when I found out that they did I was so relieved I wanted to cry! That was a very scary and very new challenge for me to go through, and I again can only be grateful that things worked out for the better.
I also had a very humbling and eye opening event take place this last week. After I got home from work Saturday I was sitting reading updates from my friends on Facebook and stumbled across one from my cousin that I just read over and over not believing what I read was true. I tried calling my family, but no one would answer, so I called my cousin and asked him about what was written, and he verified it was indeed true. Another cousin of ours had been in Las Vegas running a relay when he was struck by a drunk driver and killed earlier that morning. I was in absolute shock. He is only a few years older than I am, and has a wife and three little babies. I arranged to get the time off to go to the funeral yesterday in Kamas, and it was very sad but at the same time almost a celebration, not of death, but of his life and the good he did. Listening to all the kind things everyone had to say about him made me grateful that he had been a part of my life, and made me sit and reflect on the times we spent together, and also wonder what people would say about me. It was the first time I had taken time to reflect and ponder in a LONG time.
News broadcast for Jeremy's Accident
I think that I take many things for granted... my health, my family and friends, my home and material possessions that others don't have... and this week has made me extremely grateful for everything and everyone I have in my life, and I hope that I am able to express that not only verbally, but through my actions as well.
