We've moved! We now live in my in-laws' house. We made the decision last minute, on the day that we were supposed to renew our contract with the apartment complex we were living at. We're not even unpacking everything cuz it is temporary until the house sells and we have to move again. Living among boxes is not fun but saving money is, so we are grateful that our inlaws let us stay there for a while.I also changed my schedule at work. I now work from 7am till 1pm. I don't love waking up early but I am LOVING to get home a little after 1pm and knowing I have the rest of the day to spend with Olivia and Trevor! Feels great!
Yesterday was interesting... I took a sleeping aid prescribed by my beloved doc because I was having difficulty falling asleep (I've been sleeping about two to three hours/night for a while... no, not good) but I miscalculated the amount of time I had to sleep after taking the pill... Anyway, I woke up over one hour late for work and felt drowsy all morning until I got home and took a five hour nap. I seriously don't remember 80% of the things I did and said yesterday before my nap. I think my speech was slow too, as if I were drunk. So... fellow blog readers, make sure you have at least eight hours available to sleep after you take a sleeping pill. Lesson lived, lesson learned :)
Besides that life goes on as usual... Murphy's law has been by our side, in many different ways, what can go wrong, has gone wrong. But as I was talking to an acquaintance last week (I am re-learning to use the word "friend", it will take a while, so I have lots of acquaintaces now) she reminded me of Jesus and Job and Joseph Smith and so many others who were nice people and still had bad things happen to them. See, I know that blessings come from doing what's right and when I don't receive a blessing I am asking for, I have a tendency to think that it's gotta be because I am not doing things right. It's a punishment. I am not good enough so I don't receive the blessings I pray so much about. But I guess it's not always that way... Bad things happen to good people and good things seem to happen to bad people. It's just the way it is and it's part of this thing we call life.
I want to know, though, what do you do when things seem to just go wrong all the time?
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olha menina, eu continuo e me seguro na fe de que tudo tem um proposito e que o Senhor sabe o que faz. A gente tb ta pssando por uma fase meio assim. Tudo indo ao contrario do que gostariaos, planjevamos e tal. Mas quando achamos que nao tem mais saida, o Senhor nos abencoa. e sempre assim, a gente so tem que ter fe e nao perder as esperancas e claro fazer a nossa parte que Ele faz a Dele.
I just think: "I'm not alone on the boat". Girl, you are not the only one to feel at this way. Here in Arizona, things have been though as well and it seems we are gonna lose our apartment and go to ... who knows? Just try to enjoy and appreciate the good things you have and make you rich : your beloved ones : )
The Lord is forcing a learning experience on to your family. As hard as it is...it will pass and you will look back and be grateful that it wasn't THAT bad. Looking back is always much easier than looking forward!
You need to ask yourself what He is trying to teach you guys. That is the question.
There is a Fantastic (with a capital F) talk in the Ensign from Elder Holland about lessons learned in Liberty Jail. I read it and loved it. One thing it confirmed to me is that what we learn from the experiences of the prophets is that terrible things happen to people all the time. That's how it's SUPPOSED to be.
I highly recommend it.
Nao sei o que falar pra ti porque eu achei o que a Anne faloe espetacular! Eh SEGURAR NA FEH, minha amiga!!! Eh SEGURAR NA FEH!!! You are exactly where Heavenly Father wants you to be, nothing wrong with you or what you have done, trust HIM!! And don't look at it as a "punishment" for what you have done or omitted to do, but rather a learning experience that He has in store for you! Tu vais olhar para tras e sorrir de tudo isso, tu vais ver!!! Beijaaooo lindona!!
Oh sweetie, I'm sorry you are going through such rough patches in your life. I have a dear friend who just lost her husband, but despite her devastating circumstance, she remains positive and lives by a quote her Mom told her and that is "Everything will be alright in the end, and if it's not alright, it's not the end" and I just want to add to the beginning of that quote that as long as you are doing what you should and know you should be doing that everything will be alright in the end. :) If you continue in faith, the Lord will bless you for it. And more than you can even imagine.
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