This has been one roller coaster of a weekend and one roller coaster of a semester. Returning to school at my age, and full schedule, as been very difficult. Two of my classes are very time consuming and I put in 15 - 20 hours each week each class. I am grateful for the writers of this class that have kept the work load at the level that BYUI expects. It makes it a very enjoyable class.
This has been a perfect week for learning about our attitude of gratitude. My grandson is in the hospital as we speak. I feel the pressure of keeping with my 5 classes along with taking over the other 8 children so the parents can focus on the baby, mind you - 4 of the children is the fathers and because their mother skipped out on them they are ridiculously difficult. Also the father does not really allow anyone else to just take care of them. Here the baby is in the procedure of the spinal tap to see if he has meningitis and the children are texting and calling over petting fighting, and now what are they going to do because tomorrow they were suppose to go here or there blah blah blah. He needed to turn his phone off and let the other adults take over his kids and deal with them. anyways. through all of the process and the worry about losing a 6 month old grandchild this talk helped me to reflect on gratitude
I am thankful for ---
My daughter being a good mom - even though her husband left her - she stayed strong to the gospel and kept her own kids strong - two are out on missions as we speak and the two left at home knew the seriousness of the situation and acted appropriately. On the flip side, her new husband's wife left the family and those 4 children are broken and have some serious problems.
modern medicine. with out it this little baby would have died
spirit - through the spirit my daughter realized friday evening that the baby needed to go to urgent care
priesthood - with blessings the baby is healing faster than most and dr's have been inspired to look at areas they maybe would not have looked at
temple blessings - knowing that the child is sealed to his parents is a comfort that if he died, they would be together forever. In the pediatric center their room felt calmer and more peaceful than the others. One room the parents had a horrible drag out fight using the F word and all. The sickness brings stress, but the gospel and the temple blessings helps the stress the be put into perspective and helps to create a calm amidst the storm.
I have learned so much in this class. Probably the biggest thing is that you don't have to be an entrepreneur and start a business, you can be an entrepreneur in any aspect of your lfie. It is simply stretching your wings, being creative, and doing the best you can.
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