A run down memory lane

  A few weeks ago, I ran the Rex Lee 10k in Provo.  It was so much fun to be back in P-town and to reminisce.  During the run, I ran past almost every place I ever lived.  It was so crazy to think how far I am removed from that point in my life - how far my life has come.  Married, with a kid, living in a small town in Utah.  It made me realize how happy I am to be where I am.  A few weeks ago I went through and read a lot of my old journal entries from my college years and my first year or so in Boston.  There was such an underlying sense of want for things I didn't have.  So many of my entries expressed my desire to be a wife and even more expressed the deep desire to be a mother.  I can remember writing those entries with a heavy heart and not much hope for either of those prospects in my future.  At one point, I was reading about a life I envisioned for myself - a life that included a happy marriage and chubby little babies.  I stopped and said a prayer of gratitude as I thought of how Heavenly Father has granted me all the blessings I had so deeply hoped for.  I looked over to see Sam sleeping in his crib, and just wanted to always remember that prayers are answered.  Not always in our time or even in the way which we imagine or want, but they will ALWAYS be realized.  I felt so loved by my Father in Heaven at that moment.

I am grateful.  Grateful for the life I have been blessed with.  Grateful for my husband and best friend.  Grateful for my happy, smiley, laughey, healthy baby boy.  Grateful for good friends that I have had at each step along the way.  Grateful for the joy that lies ahead.  Joy in watching this little man grow, and adding to our brood.  Joy in finding even more reasons to love Mike.  So much to look forward to.