239. Today I am grateful for soap

I am grateful for soap to help keep me clean and smelling good as well as protecting against infections and illnesses.

238. Today I am grateful for dishwashers

I am grateful that I have a dishwasher because it makes doing dishes so much easier and quicker and (usually) encourages others to clean up their dishes soon after eating.

237. Today I am grateful for my Health

I have written about some challenges with my health recently and I am happy to say that I am finally starting to feel better and more energized! It is such a great feeling. Although, I have had this cough for about 6 weeks now, I didn’t feel sick right away so it’s probably been about 5ish weeks. Still it is by far the longest I have been sick. I am grateful that despite these past few weeks, I have been really healthy and never sick for more than 3 days. This experience has made me appreciate my health even more and hopefully it is uphill from here and the cough ends soon.

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.