Happy 2018

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Happy 2018 peeps! 

What, I'd have to say that I'm more of a slacker than normal.  Look at me here, it's been over 1 year since I posted.  Actually it's closer to 2 years.  WOW!  Where does time go? 

A lot has happened with us here, especially in 2017.  As I reflect on the past year, I cannot help but feel thankful.  Sure there were many trials and struggles but what I want to post about today is something that I feel thankful for.

In February of 2017 I was called as a Relief Society teacher in our ward.  Relief Society is when the women in our church 18 years and older meet for the last hour of church(it's a 3hr block).  I was asked to be one of the teachers, and I teach the second Sunday of each month.  Every single month that I've taught has created some major stress and anxiety for me...and it's been one of the best things for me to go through! 

Does that sound crazy or what?  You may be asking yourself what kind of nut case I am to enjoy feeling stressed/anxious.  Let me clear this up for you...I don't!  But here's a little thing I've learned, at least in the teaching department...





And I can surely testify that teaching the women in our church, the second Sunday of every month, has indeed made me stronger.  Isn't it funny?  I think it's all about perspective.  I could stew about it and talk myself into hating it.  I could focus on the negative trust me I'm good at that.  But here's the thing.  Miracles still exist, at least they still do in my life.  Each and every lesson has given me the opportunity to grow and to love our Heavenly Father more and more.  I can honestly say my relationship with God ...AND...his son Jesus Christ have grown ten fold.  Even if I am not able to inspire, teach or make a difference in anyone else's lives in the class, it makes it worth it because my life has changed.  I don't mean to sound all gushy or you know...




but it's sincerely true.  In fact, I feel blessed to have become closer to them, especially with some of the personal trials I've gone through.  So yes, 2017 was good to me, because my relationship with some of the most important individuals(to me) has intensified.  I feel like it's lit a fire underneath me that cannot dwindle or be put out, and for that I am truly thankful.

Hard things are hard, but they can be so good for us.  Don't be scared of trying something new.  That's going to be my motto as I go into this new year.  

Another thing that I feel was a neat experience in 2017 was setting a goal at the beginning of the year to make 100 hats to donate to the needy...and guess what?  I did it.  I had a co worker and my nieces who made some as well.  So in the end I made about 80 and they made the remaining 20.  It was seriously such a neat experience to deliver these hats mid November.  To top it all off, one of my best friends who happens to work at the YWCA in Lethbridge told me that she handed some of the hats out last week to some homeless individuals.  Service truly is a beautiful thing, and I want to throw myself into serving others more as well.  







Well Happy New Year all.  Out with the old, in with the new right?  I took down the Christmas decorations yesterday.  As sad as it feels without them up(because it does feel a bit depressing), I'm looking at it as a fresh start to the year...and this blog!  

I'm going to open myself up a bit this year and try to share some of the struggles/challenges that I have gone through, in hopes that it may help others.

Have a super new year.  Here's a few fun pics from our New Years Eve, we had lots of fun.






toodles

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