November 9, 2012

Day 9... Today I am thankful for time...

Time to do most of the things I want to do. Time to do almost all of the things I need to do. Time to spend with the ones I love the most. There are lots of days when I feel overwhelmed by what we have on our schedule. It seems like we ALWAYS have something going on. There are weeks when we have commitments every single night... and it leaves me feeling rushed and stressed out. With Dan serving as bishop, he spends a lot of time at the church. Two nights during the week and most of the day Sunday... so it makes things feel "busier" when we have commitments the other evenings too. (For example this week we had "Evening of Excellence" on Wednesday night.) But the truth is, I have more "me" time than most people I know. It's how I spend that time that makes all the difference. I am really grateful that I can spend the "free" time I have during the day to get most of the "have to's" done so that we can spend our time in the evenings as a family. I am grateful that we have modern conveniences so I don't have wash clothes by hand, or make my own candles for light. (Have I mentioned what a horrible pioneer I would have been?) Dan gave me this watch for our 18th anniversary while we were in Hawaii. He told me that all he wanted was "more time with me." That Eternity wouldn't be long enough. Awwwwww....so sweet. Time is a precious gift... and I am going to do better at showing my Father in Heaven how much I appreciate the time I have been given.