Success

To laugh often and love much;

To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;

To earn the approval of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;

To appreciate beauty;

To find the best in others;

To give of one’s self;

To leave the world a bit better,

whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition;

To have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exultation;

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived…This is to have succeeded.

I went to the Stansbury High School graduation today, where my nephews

Maveric and Aaron got their diplomas.

And my nephew Colton was there, too!!!

It was SUCH a GREAT day!!!

The principal quoted the above work by Emerson in his remarks,

and I LOVED it:)

Had a blast at the "afterparty" at Tara's house

These weekends with my sisters are good for my soul:)

Two Things...

Two things...

1. I saw him this morning and I

DIDN'T CRY!!!!!

Yay me:)

2. My son is a better blogger than I am!

zackattackary15.blogspot.com

That's all.

Happy Tuesday:)

63:47

So I told Momma Jeanie that I'm having a bad week and that's why I haven't been blogging much. People are expecting me to be strong and positive, and sometimes I'm just NOT very STRONG or very POSITIVE.

But I'm blogging anyway.

Everyone gives me advice on how to get through the bad days.

There's the married guy who thinks I would benefit greatly by meeting him for lunch.

Uh.. NO!!!!!

I'm not exactly Kate Beckinsale, but I still think it would hurt his wife if she found out he was having lunch with an old girlfriend.

Many people tell me I would benefit greatly from getting drunk.

I've never been drunk.

But what's the point in starting now?

I made it this far in life without it.

And raised some pretty dang good kids as a sober Mom.

Guess I'll keep being a teetotaler.

Lots and lots of people think I need to explore options other than my LDS faith.

That's a thought for another day. For now..... these are the solutions I've found to help me get through the bad days.

Ashli took me to get my first massage on Mothers' Day weekend.

AMAZING!

Pretty sure I'm hooked now.

And today I decided to take the 7 minute journey over to the Manti temple for a session.

Oh wow.

Just driving toward it, you can see the building from a few miles back....

and I KNEW I was headed in the right direction:)

The Boswells pulled into the parking lot behind me, but I didn't get a chance to talk to them.

Brother Slack was the first person I saw as I walked down the hall past the front desk.

Ah... everything felt right in the world in that moment.

The session was beautiful. Amazing.

I was in the right place.

In the celestial room, I cried.

A lot.

But I realized that in the end, my salvation is totally dependent on

ME alone.

I might or might not have an eternal companion.

But I did everything I could to make that happen.

And he has his own free agency.

It's time for me to just be a great Mom.

And live my life in a way that my kids can be proud of.

I haven't been much of a Mom lately.

I've been needy and emotional

And they've had to take care of me.

I'm ready to take care of them again.

In the celestial room, I opened the scriptures and they fell open to

D&C 63:47.

I loved this, because Tyler's football numbers have been 47 and 63 his whole life:)

The scripture reads:

"He that is faithful and endureth shall overcome the world."

Love it:)

Final Grades

I REALLY

wanted a

4.0

in my first semester back in college.

BUT, ALAS,

it was not to be.

The two classes which I thought were the easiest....

I got an A- in each of them.

Just goes to show you....

It's not always as easy as it seems.

So I ended up with a

3.83

which is pretty good for a woman of my advanced age and declining cognitive ability.

Not to mention the emotional

ROLLER COASTER I've been on in my life lately.

I started summer semester yesterday

And it's good that the

4.0

is COMPLETELY out of the question now,

because I am CERTAIN it is unattainable this semester.

AMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS

BIOLOGY

GEOGRAPHY

SOCIAL WORK

Really tough classes this summer:(

Now my cousin Melissa would have no trouble.

But me... I'm already lost in week one of the

IONIC, COVALENT, whatchamacallit of the

PROTONIC ELECTRON whatevers.

Ugh.

Don't Be Reckless With Other People's Hearts....

......Don't Put Up With People Who Are Reckless With Yours!

We cooled down to this song at Zumba last night.

Hard to choose a favorite line, but I chose this one.

"Don't be reckless with other people's hearts.

Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours."

Happy Tuesday:)

I have ONE more final tonight then on to Summer Semester!