Wednesday, July 27, 2011

A reminder


Gratitude. A gracious heart.
Sometimes I have to be reminded.
Sometimes I have to realize.
Life.
we are blessed.
so blessed.
but sometimes I let life catch up to me
and I feel so busy.
and sometimes down.
Things in my life. that have been trials.
I remember. and I let get me down.
But I am reminded,
l i f e...
life is beautiful,
life is an opportunity,
life is OURS.
every day.
we get to be.
we get to wake up. see the sunshine
and do the best we can do.
sometimes it is not easy.
sometimes the fight is so hard.
I had such a week.
SO much on my mind.
wondering, questioning.
but reminded.
a simple reminder on sunday.
from our bishop.
I was humbled and so grateful.
I sat in my chair and cried.
It was a good moment for my heart.
I needed it.
A reminder.
And now I can move on.
I feel blessed.
so blessed.
overwhelming blessed at times.
wondering what I did to deserve such joy.
But let me tell you something.
I love life.
I love the opportunity to live each day.
to be a mom, a friend, to choose freely,
to teach, to guide, to direct,
to laugh, to cry, and just to be.
that's all.
my simple message to you.
(and more for myself)
A reminder.
thank you Bishop Archibald.
I love our gospel just for that reason.
have a glorious, good day.
And always remember...
be grateful.
Tawny
(love the picture in the beginning. Happy moments :)
~And so excited for my sis, Amber coming to visit for the weekend!
and off to get ready for a baby shower I am hosting..we invited 130 people!
so fun :) lot's of work. And excited for Ashlyn to do her first triathalon on
Saturday! Great weekend ahead! Oh and p.s. listen to the words of this song
by Paul Cardall. Pretty amazing guy :)

4 comments:

Brooke said...

I loved your post. I always need little reminders like that. I'll try to use this one to get through another day :) lol

brie said...

such a good reminder sis! my heart is full of gratitude today too, for my beautiful daughter. :) now go check out my blog, i just posted more pics of her! :)

Misty said...

Oh now I want to know what your Bishop said! Sometimes those moments are so important. I had one last Sunday....in the car, coming home from the Dr. It was really cool, and a good reminder to me, too! I loved your Amber post. So cute and sounds like an amazing weekend! It is cool that you had SO MUCH family there all at once! Love ya.

Penny said...

Yes, now I am sorry that I was ignoring myi computer. I should have read your posts sooner. You do sustain and lift me up too, and so i say thank you, to YOU! I love you,
Mom