Grateful

This picture is just gorgeous. Today I have been reflecting on how grateful I am for eternal families. This is one of my favorites because Eric and I were sealed in this temple. I am so grateful that my parents made the decision to be married in the temple and that my sisters and I are sealed to them. I am so glad that my parents taught me growing up the importance of a temple marriage. My mom got me a little plaque to put in my room when I was in college and it had a picture of the temple on it and it said, "If this is not your castle, then you are not my prince." I looked at it everyday and it helped me stay on the path and know that I wanted nothing less than a temple marriage. I have saved it and am going to make sure that it is in our home always. When I met Eric, I knew that he was worthy to take me to the temple and that we could be sealed forever. I am so glad that we made that decision and now because we have a temple marriage and are sealed together forever, we are able to have our future children sealed to us. I hope that we are able to do a good job in teaching our children the importance of this and that it can continue for future generations. Eternal families are such a blessing. 

I have always loved Greg Olsen's paintings. My parents have some in their house and they are just so pretty and bring such a strong spirit into their home. I have also been reflecting how grateful I am for the gospel in my life and that I am a member of this church. Eric and I are in a new place here in Texas and we do not have any family around. It is sometimes hard to be away. Thank goodness for the technology that we have. I am always on the phone with someone from my family or on face time. Eric goes to work everyday all day and I am usually home doing homework, runnings errands, or getting things done around the house. Eric travels quite a bit for work and with no family around, there are days and nights where I feel super alone. We are the youngest in our ward and are the only couple that doesn't have any kids. It has been hard to find our place at church but we are finally getting there. The thing that I love about being a member of this church is that wherever we go, there is a ward that we can attend. The people that you go to church with end up being your family. People have been so great to invite us over for dinner or just send a quick text to see how we are doing. Even though I feel so alone sometimes and feel so out of place at church, I know that the ward is there and there are people there that really care about us. I am also so grateful for a loving Heavenly Father. He is always there. I am so thankful for the comfort that I feel when I am missing Utah, my husband is traveling, or I am just having a bad day. Because of him we are never alone. How grateful I am to have this in my life. There is so much to be grateful for. I think it is important that we go through our everyday lives counting our blessings. We have been given so much. The blessing of forever families and the gospel in my life is what I am especially grateful for today.