178. Today I am grateful for Family Day

 I love British Columbia and often find opportunities to let others know how much I love the province I call home. However, I have to admit that one of the things that make Alberta better is this holiday. Not just because it’s another day off work but because it’s a holiday that focuses on families and encourages families to spend the day together. I celebrated by calling family members and working on some family history.

177. Today I am grateful for Sunday school

I love Sunday school and the opportunity it gives me to further my knowledge of the scriptures and the gospel. I love we have the opportunity to learn from others and strengthen each other.

176. Today I am grateful to witness a wedding

I love weddings and watching families grow. Today I was asked to witness the wedding of my roommate (well I guess former roommate now). I felt it an honour to be present to witness the wedding.  

175. Today I am grateful for healthy mental health

Last Friday and today I attended a “mental health first Aid” training. I am grateful that mental health issues are not a struggle that I have, aside from occasional feelings of sadness, anxiety, worrying, etc. However, these are not feelings that last for very long and I feel that I handle these feelings well and not something I dwell on. Not to say that this makes me better than those who do have this struggle because so many do and I have at least some understanding of the difficulty it brings to them and the affect it has on others. I am grateful also for the role I can play in helping people who are in this situation and hope that I can do to be more understanding.

174. Today I am grateful for fairytales

I love fairytales! Reading them, watching them, and thinking about them. I love happy endings and I love that we have the power to create happy endings and have our own fairytales.

173. Today I am grateful for my heart

Yesterday we celebrated Valentine’s Day, a day that has made the heart shape so popular. Today I would like to express gratitude for the heart that beats inside of me. Without it, I wouldn’t have anything else to be grateful for.

172. Today I am grateful for Valentines Day

For single people, Valentine’s Day is often pushed aside and replaced with something called “Singles Awareness Day” but I have always loved Valentine’s Day.  I love that there is a day devoted to sharing, sowing and express love, not just in a romantic way but in the way that God expects us to. Christ told his disciples that the greatest commandment is “to love The Lord thy God with all thy heart and the second is like unto it ... to Love they neighbour as yourself”(Mark 22: 37-39).