Grateful for love and family!

This last week has been rough for me and my extended family. I won't go into details but very emotional and some very hard things happened to us. I am also having a hard time with dealing with issues that people, whom our family were once close to, giving us a hard time and finding out horrible secrets from the past. Can't believe things I have heard this evening and over the last few days. Dealing with the emotions and interactions with people of my Ward is just as bad! For those of you who didn't know a couple of weeks ago I had made the decision to start going to another Ward because the best Ward a person could have went to pot in the last two years. My children are alienated lately because of some issues that are out of their control. Sorry my two oldest have behavioral issues and with ADHD it is hard for them to control themselves. But I am always getting pulled out with one of my kids kicking the chair in front of him and the other kids can do whatever and they lovingly just nurture them. I get pulled out and asked to handle the situation. For those who don't know my husband works too late into the morning to go to church with us. Apparently this is one of the Wards that if the Dad is inactive then the rest of the family is treated badly. The reason I say this is because I grew up in a Ward like that and I saw this Ward do it to another family, her husband was a police officer and had rotating schedule. It wasn't her fault he was just making a living for his family as is my husband. As Christian LDS people you would think we would avoid this, but I think this talk sums it up. "Understanding that the Church is a learning laboratory helps us to prepare for an inevitable reality."
http://lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-646-32,00.html


It has a roller coaster of emotions this week and I look forward to going out of town this weekend and getting back to my family "roots". I really need it right now. It brings everything back into perspective the large picture not just the little things that happen that seem large at the moment.

A dear friend of mine gave me a CD that her mother gave to her for me "Healing the Wounded Soul" I love this CD! It is so true. I know that is what is wrong with me and what is wrong with the other situation outside of church people that I am dealing with. They are hurt, wounded, and need to be healed or at least loved. Not sure how but this poor person has had many things to hurt them and explains why they act the way they do. But I am easily hurt and offended due to the Ward we grew up in and endured the abuse from the other kids our age. Even our leaders said and did things the were UNBELIEVABLE! As an adult leader over kids you have an extra responsibility to be an example and make ALL the kids feel included.

Okay, now I will get off my soapbox. We had a great 4th of July. I woke up Saturday not feeling well and threw up most of the afternoon. Sunday I wasn't up to going to church boy was I sick. Then Monday I had to take of somethings. Tuesday my whole day was lost. And to top it off I got a $135! Parking ticket in Phoenix. There wasn't a no parking sign or anything, but because it was a dirt lot and it was a dust free zone or something like that! I will have to try to plead not responsible. I had no idea there was a law like that. So one more thing to deal with. My poor momma is sick again this week... She doesn't look well at all. I worry about her.

I will post some picture soon with some fireworks and stuff.