I usually wait to blog until I have some great idea with lots of photos to go with it, but today I just wanted to sit down and share some random thoughts. Our family has had so many challenges the past two years. Nearly everything you can imagine, short of catastrophic health problems, knock on wood. And I'm so grateful that we're slowly emerging from the fog and seeing the light at the end of the tunnel to a certain degree. With Ashli married, Zack out of high school, and both Kurt and Zack working in Blanding, our family is rarely together anymore, so I've come to cherish the moments we are all together in one place. Zack and Kurt surprised me and showed up at home Wednesday night. I had been doing my last full day of U.S. Census work, and as I was driving down Main Street in Nephi, I glanced down at our house- as I always do when
I pass the intersection of 600 North and Main- and Kurt's semi-truck was parked in front of the house. Yay:) So I did a u-turn in front of Matilda's and came home to get a couple hugs! It did kind of change our plans for the weekend, and I missed Brooklyn's 6th grade promotion out in Tooele Friday, which got me thinking about how every little thing we do anymore involves a big decision. There was a time when we jumped in the car and dragged Main for hours, and $5 would get me to work for a week. And now with gas over $3 a gallon again, we never leave town unless we can accomplish more than one task when we go. The easy decisions are between right and wrong. The tough decisions are between right and right. And one last random thought was stolen from Krystine's blog today...
People are often unreasonable and self-centered.
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives.
Be kind anyway.
If you are honest, people may cheat you.
Be honest anyway.
If you find happiness, people may be jealous.
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough.
Give your best anyway.
For you see, in the end, it is between you and God.
It never was between you and them anyway.
~Mother Theresa
