School is back in session and life is pretty busy trying to get organized and everyone back into a routine. There are violin & piano lessons to schedule, school schedules to get worked out and then there is getting all my students assessed and challenged. I have another great class this year! Oh and I almost forgot... the 3 classes I'm taking online. Yep, it's going to be a great but busy year.
As many of my family know we lost another awesome lady in our family, my Grandma Bernitta Mecham. She will truly be missed. She will always be remember by many things... the funny faces she pulled, her talent for making dish clothes and rag rugs and her generosity. She would always ask if you needed any. Then she would open up her basket and there would be a dozen or more and I would always take a few. They were the best dish clothes! And you never left her house without her offering a cookie or a pepermint. Some of my favorite memories were going on the Easter picnics when I was little. She is one of the reasons Easter is my favorite holiday. Many great memories in Axtel.
Grandma passed away on July 22. The day before, I was on a jog and was thinking a lot about my pioneer heritage. I was thinking how hard it must have been to lose so many family member as they made their trek out west. When I jog my eyes seem to "sweat" quite a bit and that day I was feeling like those pioneers, having lost three very close family members in just under a month. Not knowing that another loved one was going to pass the very next day. I remember thinking about how I could somewhat relate to thier hard experiences and my hope that day and now is that I can be as strong and faithful. Dang life can be hard at times, I can not imagine not having the blessing of the covenants we are able to make while on this journey on earth, especially the temple sealings. Those blessings are amazing. But some days it seems like it will be forever before I am able to realize those blessings. It was good when Cole was on his mission to Portugal, I had his return date! I knew when I would see him again. Now the date for our reunion is the end of my mission on earth or the return of our Savior, which ever comes first. Time will tell. So for now I have to remember the advice Cole gave us... "do not lose your faith, everything will be ok, it's all good...." I miss you Cole and some days I have to rely on your faith when I don't know if mine is enough.
God bless you all and Hang In There! A loving Heavenly Father and His Son are there to give us the strength we need if we will only ask...
