He knows me

A couple of days ago, well more like the last week, has felt like climbing the mountain of trials and challenges. I won't bore you with the details, but it had just been a rough couple of days. So I remembered that I hadn't read my scriptures and decided that I really needed to read them. It had been one of those days where I just didn't quite know how we would make it through this one. Not going to lie, I felt like, in that moment, that my Heavenly Father had forgotten about me a little bit, and I felt myself losing a little bit of faith. (I was pretty emotional at the time...hence the irrational thoughts/feelings).
I came across this scripture while I was reading:

But that ye have patience, and bear with all those

afflictions, with a firm hope that ye shall one day

rest from all your afflictions.

-Alma 34:41

I have heard of people having the experiences where they flip open the scriptures and the answer to their challenge/question/trial, but I've never had that happen to me. This time it did. And I was extremely grateful for it.

It reminded me more than anything to have patience, and more importantly, hope. That one day all this will be over, and one day I will find eternal rest and peace.

To make it that much better, when one door closed, the window opened, and we're going to make it.

And to make it THAT much more better (yes...more better) I have this guy by my side each and every day to help me through anything that comes our way.
I know that with him, we can get through anything.
There's no one else I'd rather have by my side than him, and I know my Heavenly Father knew that I would need him.
I still say that I'm so grateful to this day that He and I agreed on him.

 5.13.11: Best decision I ever made.

One day

My life is plagued by these two words.

One day I'll be done with school.
One day I'll have a "normal" quiet life.
One day I'll be a mom and have a cute little family.
One day I'll move back to Arizona.
One day [hopefully] I won't be so stressed about money.
One day I'll live close [in the same state would be nice!] to my two best friends.
One day...one day...

I kind of hate those two words because it makes me feel like I'm dissatisfied at some point with my life and I'm not.

I much more enjoy these type of "one days"

One day I'll have lots of babies that run around our home and fill it with lots of happy sounds.
One day I'll live close to my two best friends and we can walk next door to chat.
One day all of our kiddos will be friends too.
One day I'll be watching my babies fall in love and get married and have their own babies.
One day I'll be a cute little old lady sitting on a porch swing with Dan by my side.
One day I will look back on my life and smile when I think back on the great life I've had.

All these one days make me want to try that much harder to make today count. To make these moments that I'm living the ones that I want to remember.

"One day" reminds me to cherish the memories I'm making today. The moments that I spend with Dan. So that "one day" I can look back and remember these times...today.