Things are good at this very moment and I need to stop and recognize that. All my family is enjoying good health, we have two adorable granddaughters and a grandson on the way, Ryan got a new job, our only debt is our home and car, we live in a beautiful place with wonderful friends and family close by, we enjoy our jobs, (for the most part, and are lucky to have jobs!), and we have the blessings of the gospel in our lives. How blessed and lucky are we?

Sometimes I wonder 'why' when there are so many who struggle in the world just to get enough to eat in a day. I heard that if we own a pair of shoes we are in the top 2% of the earth's population. Shoes. I have boxes of shoes, clothes, a nice home, a car, a computer, cell phone, and iPod, not to mention a refrigerator, a stove I don't have to lite with a match and wood, and indoor plumbing.

My heart is full of gratitude for all my many blessings.