Tears of Joy

Today for some reason has been a pretty emotional one. Pretty much for no reason at all, actually. It was a normal day, nothing special happened. Except that this afternoon I watched this Mormon Message. It was so wonderful and made me so entirely grateful for my life, family, and for my Saviour. Almost immediately after watching it, I heard a cute squeal come from my little piglet's room. I was already teary-eyed from the video, but when I walked into Gwen's room, seeing her sitting up in her crib with a sleepy face and huge smile, I burst into tears. Tears of Joy. I picked up my little girl and continued to cry in thanks to my Heavenly Father for blessing me with such a wonderful daughter. I am so thankful to be her mother (and I think that I told her that a dozen times while I snuggled her right there beside her crib). Gwen just snuggled with me for those few moments then looked up at me, right close to my face, and just smiled. It only made me cry more, looking into those beautiful blues. How did I get to be so lucky, or should I say blessed.

For those of you who don't know, I am the Sunbeam teacher at church. This weeks lesson was about prayer. I asked the 3-year-olds what they can thank Heavenly Father for during their prayers. I got responses from "my parents" to "bouncy balls!" Ha ha! I had them draw pictures and make a list of the things that they were thankful for. The lesson, however simple, has stuck with me this week. There are so many things that I am thankful for; things that I need to remember to thank my Heavenly Father for during my prayers, because sometimes I forget that part. Today, I am thankful to be a mother.

Tonight, Tanner is coming home late, but I am excited because I'm making Bulgogi! I'm so thankful that Tanner served his mission in a country with such delicious food. Mmmmm.

http://www.ifood.tv/blog/how-to-eat-bulgogi-the-korean-marinated-beef