I admit I read this on someone else's blog, but it meant a lot to me. Especially since at ward conference today it was all about choosing to be happy. We are a military ward. Pretty much everyone is alone with children....for 15 months. Sometimes it feels like a lifetime. I know these months will come and go. We will have good times, sad times, lonely times, but whatever kind of times they are....the time will pass regardless. We can choose to be happy, and make the best of it....or we can be sad, depressed, and think about how hard it is. I am not saying I don't have those sad times, those lonely times, but I choose to kick those times as soon as I realize I am wallowing in them. Sometimes it takes me longer than other times....but one of the other main thoughts expressed in Ward conference today was.....It is okay to admit you need help sometimes. This is my hard one. I for some reason feel like I need to be superwoman. I feel like the house always needs to be spotless. I feel like my entire to do list needs to be accomplished EVERY day. It has taken me a long time to realize that if you don't allow others to help you, then they won't be confident in asking you for help when they need it. You have to be on both sides of service. You can't always be the one serving. It is also a blessing to accept service.
Well back to what I came on here to post....I like what this girl said on her blog about marriage....it is where I feel Pres and I are finally getting......and it is so nice.....
"I love this marriage, these years where we try less to shape and mold and change each other and enjoy each other for who we are a whole lot more."
I wonder why it takes us so long to get to this point. Why it is so hard to learn? The countdown is on till I see Pres. I am so nervous I can't eat. I bawl at the drop of a hat! I am just so excited, nervous, that I can't put it into words. I can't even believe it has been eight months. Pres is my best friend, and has been since I was fifteen years old. He is such a good listener. I didn't always realize that...until he could repeat exactly what I said five years ago. He can tell you what I was wearing when we first kissed. I was embarrassed that I didn't even remember when our first kiss was. What a bad wife I am. I told a friend of mine, a fellow army wife, (oh the comfort these ladies bring me! I love them!) well I was telling her that sometimes lately I was feeling like Pres was an imaginary person....because I hadn't seen him in so long. What a weird feeling. I know I am being a brat because last time he deployed I rarely got to talk to him. I didn't get to see him very much on the webcam. This time I can call him anytime I want. I can see him pretty much every day on the webcam. I need to count my blessings for modern technology. Enough rambling from me for now....if I don't put these kids to bed nobody will...hope you had a great Sunday...I sure did !
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That's a great quote. I'll be thinking about it for a while, I'm sure...
What a good post! - I wrote a song kinda about this- choosing to be happy. I've tried recording it, but can't get it the way I'd like it...frustrating! But- I totally agree. It's interesting - sometimes someone can seem like they 'have it all' and NOT be happy - where someone else, who seems to have nothing, lives life to the fullest and is happy! It's really all about perception and attitude!
Good quote too!!
you have heard this one before: men marry a woman, hoping she will never change . . . and a woman marries a man hoping he will! that has messed up a lot of marriages i'm sure. i think being the best wife you can be and then treating your husband like he is the best husband ever - just makes a marriage much more fun!
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