Thankful

This November we had some sad moments as we thought of multiple friends who lost children. One was a high school/college friend of mine who I ran into at Costco a few months ago. I hadn't seen him since my wedding, and lo and behold, he had five beautiful girls and a beautiful wife whom I had never met before. He seemed proud of his cute family. Then one morning a month and a half ago I was walking with a couple of women in my ward, when one of them mentioned a tragedy that had occured in a nearby town when a man's friend ran over his child with a dump truck. They had been digging a pit for a trampoline and the homeowner's friend ran over his fifteen month old with the dump truck. Her father found her a few minutes later and she was still alive for just a short time. In the course of this conversation I realized this was the friend I had run into at Costco! I felt so sad for their family, I just couldn't stop thinking about them all month. It was one of those times I wished I could just make it better!

One of my sister's best friends also just lost a little boy Kaedon's age to a rare type of tumor.

We tried a little something In November (inspired by some friends in Colorado) in conjunction with these sad events connected to things we were grateful for-- ie if you were thankful for your healthy body then you would do service for someone who was sick. It ended up being such a wonderful experience for all of us.

It was a great lead-in to the Christmas season and I must admit, I wanted to keep going! Hope we can continue the same tradition each year.