Happiness

There are times in my life when I am especially grateful. It's usually when I have just gotten over a very hard trial- like being sick or moving or Josh working long, hours- or when I am in a reflective, pensive mood. Both of these moods happened to strike at around the same time these past few days. I had been sick for so long in April that even taking a walk- let alone a jog- without my whole legs burning on fire made me bask in GRATITUDE for my health. Why is it that what we have often gets taken for granted: decent health, the ability to make babies, etc? But when a few of those things are taken away, you realize how amazing and truly life giving they are in the first place. It is my hope and it will now be my prayer to enjoy the things that I have NOW and not stress about the things that I DON'T have. Things will work out. Probably even better than I ever thought possible. Because when Heavenly Father shuts a door, He opens a window somewhere else. Or maybe He even opens t...

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins My rating: 4 of 5 stars Josh told me that someone had said this series of books was better than Twilight. I don't really agree with that. They weren't better than twilight- but they are the best thing SINCE Twilight! I loved them and read them within two weeks! A little more aggressive/violent details and less romance than I would have liked, but that's okay. View all my reviews >>

I was sent this book by one of the many angels that I have in my life. I just finished it and it was wonderful- full of inspiring little stories and a resolutions chart about how to be happier- in one year. I have decided to start working on it. I decided this morning to work on it and all at once I was happier- you know what they say about making goals and working to achieve them! We rented the movie from Red Box yesterday, as the kids had a day off of school for a professional day. Let me just say that the kids LOVED it! I did too! Why have we not seen it sooner? It did have a seen where the Mom loses a baby in the beginning and is rated pg for intense action, but I loved, loved, loved it! I even let the kids watch some of it again later that day- they liked it so much! Other bloggers that I have read have mentioned having a word for the year. Kind of like a theme. So my word for the year is LIGHT. I want my thoughts and words and actions to be true and honest and good- full of light...

For those of you who aren't familiar with Shannon Hale, let me familiarize you for a second. Shannon Hale is an LDS author. She lives in Salt Lake with her husband and two children and this was where I first read her first book, Goose Girl. I loved it and proceeded to read Edna Burning, which gave me nightmares, so I gave up on her for a while. A couple of weeks ago I was perusing the Juvenile section of our local library, while my children quietly read books. I was going to write "while my children were running wild" but they weren't. They were all- even Asher- reading books at one table. It was amazing. It was like a gift from Heavenly Father, because it gave me a chance to find this book on the shelf- Princess Academy- from the New York Times Bestseller List I might add- and then read it and feel that it was written for me. Here's a passage I came across today that describes how I am feeling pertaining to my progress with co-dependency, differentiation, low se...