One Last Post

  Today is the Sabbath and a quiet day to reflect.  I have so many emotions.  The most important is gratitude for my Heavenly Father.  I have thought so much about my children and the precious gift they are.  I have 2 children that are safe and with their Savior.  I know they laugh and are doing wonderful.  They are healthy and happy and they have done all they need to on the earth.  I think of them both often and remember all that Joshua taught us on his journey.  I am grateful for Micah and that she was willing to be the first.
  I also look at the 4 special children still with us.  They are amazing.  They have handled this with grace and strength beyond my own.  I listen for their laughter and pray they have joy.  Yesterday we drove to Brigham City to go to the temple with the children and it was so much fun.  We stopped at a couple of fruit stands and bought apples and peaches and had fresh peach shakes.  We made jokes and teased and it was wonderful.  When we came home we went to a farm and picked tomatoes and bell peppers and beans.  It made me so happy to have fun.
  What I want to say is that some days are sad and will be for a long time.  Some days are busy and some days are frustrating.  But if there is one thing I hope we will all learn and remember it is that family is everything.  The family with us today, the family of our childhood, the anscestors we never met.  They hold us together and we need to make time for them.  Joshua knew that family was everything and he loved fiercely!  Our family is now smaller but amazingly enough it so much bigger.  Old friends and new, we are blessed beyond measure.  I pray you will all love your family more tomorrow than today and always treasure them.  We treasure you!