Grateful

Today I am feeling extremely grateful that I have my little girl and my niece still with us. And that my niece was with my daughter and was able to keep tragedy from happening. On Saturday Brian and I were out with some friends and Brian's family was watching Jayanne. They were at the church cleaning up from Great Grandma Singleton's 90th birthday party when Jayanne and Mackenzie ran through the wrong door and slipped and fell into the baptismal font. For some unknown reason the font had been filled with water. Mackenzie was able to get Jayanne above water and keep her there and get her out. I cannot even begin to describe to you how grateful I am that Mackenzie was able to get her and was there with her. She saved my little girl. Mackenzie kept an honest accident an accident. There were a number of ways that tragedy could have struck that night. Jayanne could have been by herself or with Milly or the font could have been empty and instead of falling into water they could have fell four feet onto concrete. There was also ways that it could have been prevented like the doors to the font being locked and since it was filled with water someone should have been there at all times to make sure that something like this didn't happened. But for whatever reason it did happen and the worst that happened was that they got wet and scared.

Having something like this happen has really made me so grateful that I have a temple marriage. That I have been sealed to my family for time and all eternity. I can't imagine not having Jayanne here with us but if she was taken from me its so comforting to know that I will see her again and that she will always be mine. I can't imagine not having my family together forever and I am so blessed that I grew up in a family that taught me the truth and raised me to be worthy for a temple marriage. And I so grateful that Brian was raised in the same way. I love my family and I love that I will always have them. I'm grateful for the gospel and what it means to me. I know that its true. I know that Christ did come to earth and that he was resurrected and that its because of him that I can be with my family forever. I am grateful for my family, both sides, and all that they do for us. I grateful for my parents and Brian's and the example they are to me. And I am grateful for Mackenzie and for her doing what she did to keep Jayanne here with us and that neither one of them got hurt. Someone was definitely watching over them and kept them safe from harm.