Thankful.

I realize that it has been a very long time since I have posted on my family blog. I have been so focused on My Fitness Journey that I have neglected this one. I am feeling SO overwhelmed with emotion right now. I don't know where it is all coming from but I feel like I am about to burst. I just had to get on here right now and say how thankful I am for my health. For my family. For my life. Over the last few weeks there have been 6 people in my ward diagnosed with some form of cancer. SIX. One of them happens to be my visiting teacher. She just found out two weeks ago she has breast cancer, stage one. I haven't been over to visit her yet with my schedule and I just felt like it was probably too soon but she has been weighing heavily on my mind since I found out. She is one of the most amazing women I have met. I am so blessed to be in such an amazing ward here.

The other day my doorbell rang. I opened the door and there she was. This beautiful, amazing, strong woman who is going through so much right now is standing at my door asking me HOW I AM DOING. That really touched me. She had made a Bingo game for my kids to play during conference and wanted to bring it over and see how I was. We started talking about everything that was going on in her life and come to find out that she actually had kidney cancer when she was 9, so they believe that this is probably because of the radiation. They aren't sure which route they will be taking yet. It is all still trying to be decided. I admire her strength and courage. I cannot even imagine how scary it would be to hear those words.

I really truly am thankful for being exactly where I am at this time in my life. Things have been rough since moving back to Utah. My life has been anything but easy I will say that. I have been through some things that I wouldn't wish upon my worst enemy, BUT I am healthy and I am surrounded by amazing people everyday and that is where I get my strength from. God would never give us anything we couldn't handle. It is all meant to make us stronger, better, people. I think that we often take life for granted. I know I do. Its so easy to get wrapped up in our own "problems" or our own thoughts. We all go through tough times, we need to be there for each other and that is exactly what this ward, this neighborhood is teaching me. So thankful.