I've been thinking a lot lately about the people in my life and how blessed I am to know such amazing people. The last month and a half has been so crazy and I have learned once again how great my family is. Last month when I miscarried my family was there for me. My mom dropped everything she had to take me in for surgery. My brothers and their wives brought us dinner a couple of times and helped babysit Allie. My sweet sister in law Jackie watched Allie for me while she was taking care of her own baby, a sick husband and homework on top of that. She proved to me that she would do anything for family no matter what. And now we get to serve her. (More on that later.) During this time I also had my cousin Cristina have us over for dinner and a much needed visit. My best friends were there for me with phone calls because they don't live close by. My friend Lisa was there for me when I needed to talk or have a girls night and Cassandra took the time to call me from Guatemala to let me know she cared.
Two weeks ago my sister in law Jackie went in for emergency open heart surgery. This was a huge shock to all of us. She is 26 years old and is one of the most active people I know. Both our family and hers have rallied around to help her and my brother out. My mom has taken their 3 month old baby and taken care of him for 2 weeks. We helped Chad move most of their stuff in their aparment out over Thanksgiving break. My Uncle Steve and his family came down to spend Thanksgiving with my mom and help her out in any way possible. Despite Steve's own disability, he always goes out of his way to help anyone and everyone. He broke his neck when he was in high school and has been paralyzed ever since. During both these hard times, I've been reminded once again that when you serve each other you truely learn to love each other.
Now I know there is really no point to this post, but I just really wanted to let everyone know of the wonderful people in our lives. We are so blessed to have such a great support system in our lives. From family, friends, nieghbors, ward memebers, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. I pray that everyone really think about the great people in your lives and let them know how much you appreciate them this holiday season. Thanks again for everyone who has help out or family throughout the years.
