“Have I seen the hand of God reaching out to touch us or our children or our family today?”

Yesterday, in our Sunday school class that Michael and I teach, our lesson was on the importance of keeping a journal. I referenced a talk given by Henry B. Eyring titled, "O remember, Remember". He asked this question in his talk, "Have I seen the hand of God reaching out to touch us or our children or our family today?" Boy, if this question doesn't make you stop and ponder on the events of the day, I don't know what else could. So it got me thinking about my family and the many different ways we are blessed as a family and how blessed I am individually. I need to do better at typing these things out. Here's a start....

I am so blessed to be surrounded by good people. Literally and figuratively. Never have I been more blessed with such an amazing  group of friends. My friends come from every walk of life and I love that. I learn so much from each of my friends. I am so grateful for each and every person that is in my life, positively. I love that I can candidly talk with my friends about the things, both good and bad, that happen with my family. I love that I can be myself 100 percent of the time, even if at times it seems that their eyeballs may be ready to pop out of their faces because of the things I tell them.

My family is blessed continuously. A recent blessing came in the way of an information chip. Our kitty, Kahlua, was hit by a car a week ago and subsequently died as a result of his injuries. This was so hard for my little family. We really loved that cat so much. The blessing in this was that we had him chipped. We have never done this with any of our other pets, but for some reason we decided to with him even though he was an indoor cat. Had Kahlua not been chipped, we would have never known what happened to him. Not knowing would have been terrible. We all would have constantly wondered where he was, if he was okay, etc. Death is a real crappy piece of work. I shutter at the thought of losing one of my older humans. Grandma needs to live forever. End of story!

Anyway, despite the crap we all have to face from time to time, life is good and God is mindful and so very kind.