I'm just really grateful right now for some of the small things in life, and I know that when I take time to be grateful and enjoy the little things it makes me all the kinder and happier person to be around. Today I was so grateful to be able to go visit 2 sisters on my vting route. I am so fortunate to really feel a great love for the sisters I visit and enjoy being in their presence and talking not only about life, but also in having heartfelt discussions about what is important to us in living the gospel.

I recently read a very action-packed novel that had nothing really to do with this, but a few times, it posed the idea that to be a friend with someone you need two things, respect and trust. I feel like I can respect many people and seek those people out in being friends, however, I feel like I place my trust in very few. This is something I would like to work on, and need to open my heart and seek to understand myself better in this way so that I might truly develop more lasting friendships. This is why I think I still feel such a love and connection with Lindsey and Cassie- I feel like I placed greater trust in them than almost any other individual. I also feel like I was honest and trusted Vickie with seeing who I really am, and still feel a desire to stay in touch with her on a very open and honest front. I want to work on this.

Although I knew Jason was having a difficult go of it at home with the 3 kids, I was able to finish those visits. When I came home, both Caitlin and Ben were in Halloween costumes, but not this years...last years, which made me smile and laugh. I could tell how happy it made them and I'm so grateful that Jason could see that as well and helped them get dressed up. Maybe we should do a dress up play trunk for Christmas!

Ben went to nursery today and I only had to stay with him for 5 minutes to get him to feel comfortable and then sneak out. He stayed the rest of the time with no tears!

I started nursing Maggie in RS just as the lesson was finishing and the time was then turned to the sisters for bearing their testimonies. This almost always leads to a few stretches of quiet before individuals will get up, and leaves quiet gaps in between as well. Maggie just happens to be one of the noisiest nursers I've ever heard, and somehow spared all her monstrous burps! A few sisters looked back at me in the corner and just smiled as Maggie made her cat-like sounds and 'squeaky' gate noises as ya-ya calls them. Jason has asked me before if he things she is okay when she is nursing, and I tell him there is no way for me to turn down the speed in which the milk comes out, so she just has to figure it out.

Anyway, a few thoughts