Bound, Bound, Bound, and Rebound. Sometimes Your Up...Sometimes Your Down.

Sometimes you are both up and down. That is the only way to put what is going on with us right now. I feel like lately every time I write on here it has a sad undertone. Today will be both sad and yet really happy at the same time. I know it seems a little weird but that is how it is right now.

My mother-in-law had surgery on her thyroid a couple of weeks ago. They found cancer. Luckily, it is a very treatable kind of cancer with a very high survival rate. She might have to do radiation and that is all that we will know for a couple of weeks. We feel good about her and her treatment. Hopefully all goes well.

We got some other bad news this week. My Uncle Rick's cancer has spread and there is nothing else they can do for him. He was sent home to be made comfortable. We pray for him and his family at this time because that is all that there is to do. It is truly heartbreaking.

Now for some of the really happy things in our lives. We went to the temple groundbreaking yesterday. Since it would be so hot and really crowded around the site (there were 7,000 people there) we decided to go to the stake center and watch the broadcast so we could hear and see better. It was amazing! The spirit was so strong there. It is so exciting to see a temple here in Brigham!

I can't help but think of how blessed we are to have the Gospel in our lives. That is why we are really happy , even when things in our lives are stressful and not going the way that we would like. In Relief Society today the lesson from our presidency was Relief Society: A Sacred Work. It was a great lesson on the purpose of Relief Society. She also read a book about filling our buckets. Everyone has a bucket that needs to be filled. To fill our buckets we need to take care of each other and lift each other up. Smile, say hi,and stop by to give cookies are just some examples. As I was pondering this book we sang our closing song, As Sisters in Zion. This is where the spirit testified to me the great work of Relief Society. We need to love each other and take care of each other.

Our lives may not be perfect but we can still be happy. We can have peace when we are faced with heartbreak. We can be blessed with courage and strength when we feel we cannot even lift ourselves off our knees. We can know that even when we lose our loved ones we will see them again. I love the Gospel and the truths it has taught me. It truly is a calm in the center of a storm. That is what I learned this week.

Chantry'S 3 cents:
The question "Why did this have to happen?" or "Why dose it have to be this way?" can be a haunting one. I think it's better to live life with the understanding that part of life is that stuff happens, even tough, hard, frustrating stuff. I prefer to not constantly ask 'why did this have to happen?', but to just move forward with the knowledge that no matter what happens, through the Lord, everything that happens to us, will be consecrated for our good, if we put ourselves in His hands.