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In memory

Today marks 11 years since my father passed away. I Remember exactly receiving the phone call that morning. I started to cry the minute I heard. My mother was at his side going to the get his dialysis that morning but he didn't make it. HIs lugs were covered with water and passed out from a heart attack. My mother had always said that he died peacefully. She was there with him during his last two years of his illness. She took care of him each day and night. She hardly slept for during that time and  she aged so much to the point that she looked as old as he did. She was 15 years younger than him.

I was thinking today how much it has changed since that February 3rd 2006. My divorce was pending. I was hoping for a miracle. I lived in the Mill Circle home. Mandy was only 14. Bianca had just gotten married six months earlier and Cristi had been married for a couple of years.

I wonder what new changes will life throw at me in the next 11 years. That would be February 3rd 2028. I will be 68 years old and Daniel will be 73 so I imagine that by then we will be retired or on a mission if we make it to be that old. No one ever knows the exact day when we get to be called home or when this world will eventually come to an end.

If we are still around, I wonder how many grandchildren we would have by then and if we would be great-grandparents. My mom became a great-grandma around that age. Amazing to think of "que sera sera whatever will be... que sera sera."

Con amor,

Vero

It's groundhog day!

Today according to folklore, the groundhog saw his shadow which means that there will be six more weeks of winter. But the cold will eventually pass. It always does. Every day from now on will be a little closer to Spring and people will get out and play. Winter at times can feel lonely. 

I hate to see people feel all alone. A women posted something to that effect because her husband left her and she misses all of what they had together. She is asking for help and even posted her phone number in a very desperate way and I know if I lived in Salt Lake, I would have gone to help her out. I know where she is coming from. 

We sometimes feel alone in this life – the fact is that we are never alone – there are always others out there going through the same thing that we are, it’s just that we need more of us who are willing to be honest about it so we give permission to everyone else to feel comfortable being honest about it as well.  None of us are perfect and that is perfectly okay! Which leads me to my message today: The start of the New Year is always filled with mixed emotions.  It’s a little sad to take down the Christmas decorations and box them all up because it means the holiday have come to an end.  At the same time, it is also nice to have the house back to normal again, ready to start the New Year.  Life is like that. 

It seems that in any situation involving changes in our lives there is the blend of both sad feelings and happy feelings. And if there is anything you can be certain of it is that life is full of changes.  Life is full of endings and new beginnings. And anytime we go through changes, or endings and beginnings, there is an incredible amount of emotion we deal with as we go through it, and I believe that sometimes we get afraid to express the emotions we are coping with to anyone else around us because we are afraid that they might judge us for feeling any sadness when we have something happy also coming.  Thus, many of us hold our sadness or fears in and try to cope with them on our own. Sometimes that works but sometimes it doesn’t, and not being able to express what we feel can cause us to become isolated, lonely, and withdrawn.

I hope this Facebook friend find peace and comfort with people like her going through the same things she is going through and in this month of friendship, let’s be a good friend.

Con amor,

Vero

Love is a Choice

Love One Another 14 Day Challenge:

Day 1: Show Patience with someone.
Day 2: Overlook someone's shortcomings.
Day 3: Look beyond looks.
Day 4: Resist the impulse to categorize others.
Day 5: See a situation through the other person's eyes.
Day 6: Forgive somebody who has wronged you.
Day 7: Don't criticize actions or circumstances.
Day 8: Show mercy to someone.
Day 9: Give 10 minutes to really listen someone.
Day 10: Speak kindly.
Day 11: Say thank you to somebody.
Day 12: Focus on what you have in common with everybody you meet.
Day 13: Offer up a genuine compliment. 
Day 14: See everybody you talk to through God/s eyes. 

 Tis the season of conversation hearts and ridiculously over-sized teddy bears. Every time you walk into a grocery store or a gas station and see the walls covered with crimson boxes of chocolate and bouquets of roses, you know it's that time of year again--Valentine's Day.

And while we can enjoy this chance to indulge in a little dark chocolate and spend time focusing on those who mean the most to us in our lives, LDS.org has recently released a 14-day love challenge that gets Latter-day Saints thinking outside the typical heart-shaped box. 

Whether you're single, dating, or already married, this list will help you get more out of this wonderful holiday and will help you remember the truest source of love--that of our Heavenly Parents and our Savior. And, hopefully it will help us to develop more of that love within our hearts in turn.

So, this Valentine's Day, be sure to take the challenge and rejoice in the love that is all around us.

"Your Heavenly Father loves you, each of you, and that love never changes." --President Monson

"Pray for the love which allows you to see the good in your companion. Pray for the love that makes weaknesses and mistakes seem small. Pray for the love to want to lessen the load and soften the sorrows of your companion." --President Eyring make your

"Though we are incomplete, God loves us completely. Though we are imperfect, He loves us perfectly. Though we may feel lost and without compass, God’s love encompasses us completely." --President Uchtdorf

We all know that actions speak louder than words. We may say “I love you,” but do our actions back up that claim? In Love Is a Choice: Making Your Marriage and Family Stronger, Elder Lynn G. Robbins teaches us that love is more than a feeling — it is a commitment, a promise to be responsible, respectful, and responsive to the needs and experiences of other. And like any other action we undertake, perfecting the act of love requires a lifetime of practice and good choices.