236. Today I am grateful for pillows

I am grateful that pillows help make sleep so much more comfortable.

235. Today I am grateful that my parents celebrated their 30th anniversary

Dad & Mom: April 17, 1982

At a time when many marriages end in divorce and people choose not to marry at all;  I am grateful that my parents are still married and have chosen to endure challenges. I hope they will have 30 more wonderful years of marriage and memories to create. J

234. Today I am grateful for those who protect us

I am grateful for those, such as police officers, who protect our communities.  

233. Today I am grateful for miracles of family history

Today in Relief Society we had a lesson on Family History and we had a wonderful discussion on the miracles that our found through researching our family history. I am grateful to have experienced those miracles in my life.

One such miracle I would like to share was about eight years ago on a visit to Salt Lake City. I made a plan to spend a day at the Family History Library and did some prep work for some information on family lines that I was wanting to research. The night before I prayed for guidance in finding the information I was seeking and I felt impressed that I should research another family line, my grandmother’s family. I followed the promptings and found some records I could search, when I found the microfilms which were in German I then went to find a German-English translation sheet which I could not find. I decided to take a look at the records anyways and to my surprise was able to understand everything it said; it was a strange yet amazing experience and not something I can explain completely. I found a Christening record for my great grandfather that had not only his parent’s names but his grandparents (who I was looking for!). I went to photocopy the record and by the photocopier were the translation sheets. I decided I did not need one and went back to my research and could not understand the German language ... so I went back and got a translation sheet. In researching that family line,  I was able to find records for about 4 generations of the family and added six more ancestors and numerous children to my family tree.

232. Today I am grateful for the Organization I work for

Tonight we had our staff appreciation night for employees of E4C. I am grateful to work for a wonderful organization that values people, communities and families.

231. Today I am grateful for Institute instructors

Today we had our ‘Colour Night’ – a celebration of the LDS Institute Program in Edmonton. The Institute instructors acknowledged its participants and tonight I would like to acknowledge our instructors. I have taken classes from the three full time instructors and I can tell that they really care about their students and their spiritual and temporal welfare. Their love of the scriptures and the gospel is an inspiration and is a wonderful influence on the lives of their students.

230. Today I am grateful for Motherhood

The trending facebook status of the day was related to a comment made last night by Hilary Rosen who commented that Ann Romney has “never worked a day in her life” referring to her being a stay-at-home mom. Ann responded that we need to respect the choice of all women to work or stay home. Both are taking on the most important job of raising their children. I would love to be a stay at home mom someday and raise my children full time. I am grateful for mothers who love their children and raise their children how they honestly feel is best or necessary (whether that is to stay home or work).