Blessings

I have had the awsome opportunity to reconnect with a close friend from my time at UNH this week and in doing so it forced me to think about the past 8 years and how my life has changed since I last saw Ryan. Thinking about all this time really made be think about how blessed I am so I want to take a few minutes to acknowledge how blessed I really am!

1. My Husband. I have an awsome husband! He is suppotive of all of my nuerotic tendencies! He is the first in line to tell me that I can do EVERYTHING that I want to accomplish in life; and he is also the first one to tell me that I need to sow down and regroup. He is truely my soul mate and my eternal companion!

2. My Kids. I am so blessed to have all of my children! I was told at one point that I would never have biological children, and that was after I had gone through over a year of fertility treatment! My kids amaze me everyday, there is always something new and amazing that they discover and to be able to watch the light of learning go off for my children is just....AMAZING!

3. My eternal Parents and Siblings. I know many people say that they have the best family -- but I really do! My mom and dad are amazingly supportive yet they keep me very grounded. And my little (I use that loosely because they have out grown me) brothers are such examples to me! Rick put his life on hold to go on a mission and serve the Lord and that is such an example of following faith and just doing it! And Danny is such a strong person, more so than he gives himself credit for. He has battled through so much and each day is a struggle for him -- but he pushes through and I admire that in him!

4. Autism. I know at this point you think I have lost my mind but I haven't. Having 2 kids with autism is hard. But it has forced me to become an advocate for my children and their needs, it has also taught me how to be a better parent and how to teach principle in different ways, and it has taught me how to be more patient and how to look at every person as an individual and to adjust my perspectives to fit the needs of every individual.

5. Continued Learning. I am so blessed to be able to have a family that is supportive of me so that I could return to school and pursue a dream! I LOVE learning and I LOVE pursueing my dream!

These are only a very small list of the blessings in my life --

Blessings are amazing, but I think all too often they are over looked or forgotten so I am truely thankful for those times in my life when I can sit back and be grateful for every blessing that has been bestowed upon me!