Thankful for You!

Felicity is into everything. I let her outside to play and she quickly found the plants I'd just planted to try to sell our house:). While adorable, this curiosity as become a bit tiring.

I've been on edge the past few days (and realizing I think I'm just PMSing and thankful that I'm not really just annoyed at everything) and have been overly tired of being bumped into, bumping into, pulled on, asked for, cried and whined to about every little thing from the two cutest things in my life. While happy to realize this isn't just a new mental state for me and it should be passing, I still wasn't looking forward to most of church today.

I usually love church, my week feels emptier and depleted if I miss it, but knowing Josh was going to be subbing in Primary as the pianist, I knew I'd have City for the whole 2nd and 3rd parts of church, alone (she's 14 months and seems to think there is danger is sitting still). Yeah yeah, whine whine, people do it all the time. And I have quite a few times myself, but still, I've just felt too tired to deal with things the past few days in all areas.

It was only two days ago that I wanted to write down a list of my compaints of everything I was annoyed with big and small from my constantly itchy skin to thinking we've sold our house too soon for too little. I just wanted to complain, complain, complain! Thankfully, I had a change of heart today due to you! (okay, others just like you:).

(Here they are reading the ads for me. Aren't they cute?)

Here come the blessings: watchful eyes and helping hands of others.

-I sat next to my visiting teacher during Sunday School (and apparently taking her hubby's seat who just sat behind us and also helped). She held City and kept her occupied for a while.

-A guy in the back played with her while she brought him things.

-In Relief Society (and Sacrament Meeting) others shared toys.

-Someone brought Hazel to me since she had a dirty diaper and immediately two women offered to take City for me (and ended up having to take her in the hall).

-Another had the magic touch and held her on her lap for almost have of RS feeding her honey nut cheerios (really, this is a small miracle, she is such a wonderer I'm totally disruptive when I stay in there because she goes all over and I have to go get her or wrestle her to stay near).

There were so many wonderful helping hands today that I left church uplifted and completely grateful for all the kindness shown to me. I didn't ask for the help, people just offered it, such a beautiful demonstration of charity and Christianity!

Here's where you come in. I know you've helped someone before, I know you've said something kind when someone was down, held a crying child, put your arm around another, made someone a treat and dropped it by and maybe stayed to talk. I know you've either written a note or simply prayed for another. I have been so blessed to be surrounded by people who are thinking of others and having lifted my burdens big and small.

I would've been fine if nobody helped today. I would've just spent some time in the hall. I'd probably be annoyed at my daughter (an unrightly so, I know). But because so many helped, I left church feeling a huge sense of gratitude and being filled with the spirit telling me that people are so good. Thank you to all of you!

Q: How has someone blessed you today?

Q: What is something big or small that someone has done that helped you and made a big impact on you?