Gratitude

   I want to say how grateful I am to my Heavenly Father for my family.

   For my husband, Scott, who I love and miss. I'm grateful for the love he brings into my life and the happiness I have with him. I'm grateful for the father he is to our beautiful daughter. I'm even grateful when we don't always see eye to eye, it gives us the opportunity to talk, listen, understand each other more, and love each other more. He teaches me a lot. I want to be a better person with him. I learn to trust more deeply, and love more deeply. I'm grateful for the safety he's had in traveling to Michigan, where we will call home for the summer. I'm grateful for him being a hard worker to provide for us and giving me the opportunity to be home everyday with our daughter. I can never say it enough, I LOVE YOU! Can't wait until I'm with you again, one month!

   I'm grateful for my baby girl, Madison. For her health. For being able to hold her in my arms, to comfort her when she's sad, and to laugh with her when she's happy. For her smile, that continually lifts me up and makes me smile right along with her. I love how she watches me wherever I am. I love when she's sad, all she needs and wants is ME. I love when she falls asleep in my arms. I love her little frown before she cries. I love watching her making her little discoveries, like her thumb. I love the new noises she makes as she tries using her little voice. I love how when I sing to her, her face lights up with a smile and she starts making noises like she's trying to sing with me. I love when I nurse her and she just stares up at me with a big smile, not interested in anything. I'm grateful for all these precious moments that my Heavenly Father is blessing me with. For the constant reminder she is to me of my Heavenly Father's love for me, by allowing me to share my life with her. Madison, I will never let a day go by that you won't know how much I LOVE YOU!

I am extremely grateful for the gospel of Jesus Christ. I'm grateful for the knowledge that

Families Can Be Together Forever

and for Jesus Christ's atoning sacrifice, making that possible.