Blessings

It's funny how much you notice when you look back.  Life is like driving 75 mph on a freeway and it is really hard to miss things unless you take a second glance in your rear view mirror.  As I look back on this rough 6 months we've had I can't believe all the blessings that prepared us for it and that helped us get through it.  Here are just a few: 

- My current job. The job I am working at now just came out of the blue.  The flexibility and the people I have worked with have helped so much!  Everyone was so understanding and compassionate.  The people I work with are really like a family and without them I couldn't have made it. 

-Great professors. I have had a full graduate course load during both miscarriages and all my teachers were so flexible with me and just wanted me to feel better.  I had one special teacher/friend who brought me dinner one night and was able to give me some great advice and empathy.  With out her I would have completely dropped out of all my classes.  She is an angel that I am so grateful I have been able to become friends with. 

-Talks in church.  At first I don't think I would have labeled these as blessings but looking back they sure helped.  Brady and I spoke for a youth conference about a week before the first incident and then I spoke in church a week before the second incident.  Because we were speaking, we were listening and reading relevant talks constantly, studying extra and trying to more attune to the spirit.  It's like we were being given a chance for some extra fortification before the storm hit.  

-Answer to prayers.  I remember coming from that doctors appointment the second time and just pleading with my Father to make the time go by fast.  I was in pain and I wanted it to pass quickly.  This past month has just FLOWN by.  It really has gone by extremely quickly and I can't really remember much of it. I know this is because He carried me quickly through it.  He helped me get out of bed every day, make it to work and school and helped it go by as painlessly as possible. 

There are so many more blessings that have helped us through these past months, namely a loving family and great friends, that these past 6 months seem more like a blessing than a trial.  I know that my Father has a plan for us and I am thankful for all the blessings we have been given.