What An Incredible Weekend!

Wow! I had an incredible weekend all by myself. The house was completely quiet and now that everyone is back I find that I am getting headaches frequently.  I was able to spend time with my momma, clean my hubbies truck out for him, and actually watch a movie all the way through without screaming kids. Then I got to speak in sacrament meeting in order to say goodbye to our old ward and I got extremely positive feedback. That was a loverly suprise.

I am a wierdo because I love to speak in public. At least that's what everyone tells me. :) I like to speak because I feel like I have had so many amazing experiences and life lessons and I like to tell it like it is. No sugar coating it. I think people (especially women) appreciate that. So many times women won't share just how hard it was for them to go through something so they come off as this perfect saint who was barely scathed by this horrible event in their lives. It's a travesty. For the life of me, I can't understand why women can't just say," This was one of the hardest things I have ever had to go through and I hated every minute of it?" Then tell everyone what you learned and how it helped you grow spiritually and as a human being.

You can be grateful for your trials but it's important for you to be honest with yourself and admit that it was hard and possibly unpleasant at the time. I'm not saying dwell on it or even feel sorry for yourself (which I have been guilty of a time or two). What I am saying is acknowledge that you survived it and came out a better person. I am just full of wisdom lately. J/k

Another fun thing I did was talk to a really good friend of mine that I haven't seen for a long time. She is amazing. We have known her and her husband for 7 years and they are seriously the best people. They have 4 children ages 5 and under. She is crafty, the couponing queen, and a photographer. She is truly amazing. I appreciate her friendship so much because she is honest and celebrates with me when things go well. Her and her husband even came to my ward to hear me speak. Then she texts me and says," We came to hear you speak. Yes we were there." :)  Like I said before we don't see eachother very often, but when we do we just pick up right where we left off. I love it. Thank you Delanie!

Amazing weekend. And I am looking forward to an even more amazing week! Cheers!