Eternal families

Perhaps more than anything else, I'm grateful for eternal families today. My cousin lost her youngest daughter to a year and a half long battle with cancer. For the past several months they've had to watch their sweet little girl suffer and waste away. This morning she returned to Heavenly Father. She's finally free of her intense pain, for which we are all grateful, but our hearts break for my cousin and the rest of her family. They've talked a lot about this huge trial and always say how grateful they are that they will see little Clara again. I'm grateful for their testimony and grateful that no matter what happens, I can be with my family again. I'm grateful that Jeff and I were married in the temple so that even if we must face a trial like my cousin's family did, our future children will be sealed to us for eternity. Even if we lose them in this life, they will be ours forever.

Last night was a crazy one with several great disappointments, but I'm grateful for this country that I live in and that I have the right to vote for the people I want to lead my nation. I'm grateful that I do have a voice in this government, even if it's a small voice.

I'm grateful for my dad and his passion for this country. I'm also grateful he instilled in me a passion for this country, its history and its government.

I'm grateful that I don't have to cook a lobster tonight, even though it means Jeff now has to do his project with a worm. :P I agreed to cook the lobster (and I would have done it!) before I realized that I would be cooking something alive and with the eyes still attached. I also realized that lobsters kind of resemble giant spiders. And that I would have to dissect said lobster probably by my self. As a general rule, I don't do dissections. That ended for me in ninth grade. (After that baby pig, I drew the line. My dissection career was over.) This means I buy turkeys without the giblets. I don't eat chicken hearts at Tucano's. I do not touch internal organs of animals I am preparing to eat. I hardly like touching raw meat, anyway. I feel bad that Jeff doesn't get to do his project on a cool animal, but at the same time.... I'm kind of happy my end of things didn't come through either.

On a different note, I'm a little sad I didn't get to say hi to the governor last night. I like that guy. I'm glad he won another four years.