Hallelujah

In the last few days the following tragedies have occurred in my life:

1. Timmy fell off my choir with his head on the joint of my big toe.

2. Timmy dumped out the clean laundry on the floor, and something in my hip screamed out as I tried to clean it up. I spent the next 24 in quite a bit of pain.

3. A second little chunk of filling chipped off of one of my molars.

It never rains but it pours, right?

Well, I think that, contrary to what I originally thought, maybe my toe isn't broken. It doesn't hurt unless I push on it. Sweet! 

This afternoon I went to the chiropractor, and she did some stuff. She hooked up some sticky things on me. I imagine they looked something like those sticky things from that heart monitor. She placed them all around where I was hurting and turned it on and added a heat pack. The stickies vibrated. It was such a strange feeling! But after a while it felt nice. And then she did some adjustments and found that my hips are crooked! Well, no wonder since I carry kiddos around all the time. I was so disappointed when I went back to the car hurting just as badly as when I went in.  But guess what. Now, a few hours later, I'm feeling a lot better! It still hurts, but hooray! I should be able to sleep tonight! :)

I still have to wait until next week to get my tooth fixed, and I have to go back to the chiropractor a few more times, but I feel quite blessed! :)

Plus, who can feel glum for too long with this guy around? :)

I am a builder

This morning as I was driving home from taking Hyrum to Seminary I was thinking again and kind of hoo-hooin' about another instance in which I've failed my family. Maybe it's lack of sleep or hormones or hunger, but,  man! Anyway,  as I was praying about a specific challenge I'm facing I suddenly thought of a song we learned in Primary while I was in the stake Primary presidency. You can find it here. It's about how we're all builders, building an eyeball family. The chorus says, "My heavenly father sent me here, and He knows I can be song and righteous as I build my eternal family."

(On a less serious note, my tablet corrected eternal to eyeball. My eyeball family.  XD)

As I thought about those words I realized that, of course, Heavenly Father had confidence in me! He's given me a lot to work for and with! I'm thankful to remember that! We all have shortcomings, but we make do with what we have, and He promises to make up the difference.