Storms...

It is April 28th and should be sunny, but it is not. There was snow this morning and will be a mix of rain/snow until this Saturday. This Thursady and Friday I am going to Women's Conference with three friends, Mechelle Stout, Cheri Hunt and Kim Watts. I was hoping for sunny /nice weather to walk around BYU campus with, but alas it will not be. Normally this would really bum me out; however, I recently had a perspective changing moment. I had posted a couple of weeks ago my sadness at another spring snow storm. Then I read a few moments later of my dear friend Teri Ames' nephew passing away from the same disease that she lost her own two sons to. ( A short time apart at that). Suddenly a little grey sky and cold no longer seemed so devasting. At least I had family around me under those grey skies.

So now, as I walk around the BYU campus, with wind chilling me and rain causing my hair do to flop I will remember that I am so blessed. Blessed to have a wonderful family to laugh with, cry with, grow with and learn so much with. I am blessed to have friends to support me, teach me, laugh with and remind me that life may sometimes have grey skies...but it also has sunshine, flowers, singing birds, and most of all life experiences to be enjoyed. I am so grateful to a loving, patient Heavenly Father who blesses me with a love I can't fully comprehend. For His tender mercies that remind me I am never alone, that He is always there to warm my soul. I am grateful, too for our Savior. His Atonement is power to over come and to heal. I have learned a broken heart and a contrite spirit is the key to unlock His power, love and mercy. Grey skies? What grey skies?