Sunday, March 29, 2015
The kids, minus Spencer are all in bed and it’s
time to write my letter.
Last Sunday evening we had a nice visit at
Joseph’s grave. On the way there I
decided maybe we should sing a song or something. Usually our visit is nice, but kind of …
lacking. We really don’t know what to do
while we are there other than look at his headstone and eat a treat. So this year when we were there we sang
Families can be Together Forever and then Marlee said, “no we need to sing
happy birthday.” It was perfect! I don’t know why we’ve never done that
before, but it made all the difference in our visit. It finally felt right in my heart. I love my little Marlee girl. She has such a tender heart. As I’ve thought more about it this
experience, I realized that there have been many times and continue to be times
in the whole experience of losing Joseph where I’m at a loss of what to
do. There is no guidebook. Sometimes I wish there was. It is good when we can find something that
works and feels right.
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| The kids playing Legos together last Sunday. They are learning to play well together!!! |
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| As you can see Karalee was not thrilled about being in the picture. :) |
On Monday Marlee, Tilly and I went to visit
Puring. We decided to read to her since
it is kind of hard to carry on a conversation with her. She has been very lonely since her accident. Sometimes she calls me two or three times a
day. After reading to Puring I trimmed six
of our bushes out front. I must have
over done it because I started to hurt really badly the next day. I think I get dehydrated easily and that sets
my muscles off into spasms. Monday
evening Spencer got hired to mow the neighbor’s back yard. Their yard is pretty good sized and their
grass was very long. It took him two
hours just to edge and mow. They paid
him $20.
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| At Bryant's piano lesson on Monday he graduated from the simplified Hymn book to the normal Hymn book! |
Tuesday I went over to read a few more pages to
Puring after she called that morning. I
had my normal chiropractor visit and used up a missed visit for a 30 minute
massage since I was hurting. Spencer had
a game that afternoon. He dribbled the
soccer ball up the whole field and scored a goal!! That evening the laurels played bingo with their
secret relief society sisters for mutual and revealed who the secret sisters
were. After mutual, Chad and I played
volleyball at the church with our friends.
It was sure fun to play again after two weeks off. I didn’t want to let my hurt muscles stop me
from playing.
On Wednesday the girls had Grammy days after which
I went visiting teaching. My new partner,
Megan Sedillo, is one of my former laurels.
It is her first experience visiting teaching. I hope I can set a good example and help her
learn to love it. That night we had an
enjoyable night at home!!
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| Rocking Tilly to sleep on Wednesday afternoon. |
Thursday was Joseph’s b-day. Thank you Jennie and Amy for the texts that
day letting me know that you remembered his birthday. It meant a lot to me. That morning Marlee, Tilly and I planted some
more plants in our little garden. Marlee
did a great job planting the onions and Tilly did a good job handing them to
her one at a time. I mopped and did
laundry that day. Glamorous I know. That evening we had a RS birthday
dinner. It was a nice to have that celebration
on Joseph’s birthday. The program was
very nice and I was very glad I went.
Friday was Marlee’s birthday. She was so thankful for her gifts and would
tell me thank you several times throughout the day. I let her skip school that day and we met my
Mom up in Mesa for lunch at Autumn Moon.
Amy and her younger kids joined us for lunch too. Then we went shopping with my Mom at Costco. When we got home Marlee said it was so much
fun. I agreed. Our whole family met Amy and Mary and Sally
for dinner at Chick-fil-a that evening.
Then they came over for birthday cake.
David and their boys were at Fathers and sons.
Today has been a nice Sabbath Day. My morning was filled with a long meeting, but
this afternoon and evening have been very relaxing. I finished reading “William J. Flake: Pioneer
– Colonizer”. I shared some of the
stories I really liked on my blog. If
you’re interested you can read about it
HERE.
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| Spencer trying to make his own Risk game. He held a paper up to the computer and traced the game board. I told the boys that I'd pay for a 1/3rd of the game if they each paid a 1/3. Chad said he'd pay the 4th 1/3. Ha ha. |
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| Spencer dressed Tilly up in his old football jersey tonight. |
My quote for today is from a different book I
finished recently.
“The secret to happiness is having something to do, something to look
forward to, and someone to love” (Richard Paul Evans, Mistletoe Promise). From my life experiences thus far, I feel
this is true.
Love,
Mindy
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