Being Proud of Who You Are

The past couple of weeks have gone by pretty fast. We have been so busy with trainings and school starting for Ian. I have also been busy with work as I start to train my replacement. All I could really think about this week is...AM I REALLY DOING THIS? But before I get to that I just want to mention that we had a great family weekend. I love seeing Quinton, Michael and Ellie. They are just like my own kids and I love seeing them. I love spending time with Lindsey and doing fun things with her! Ian got to enjoy some man time with Dad, Seth and Ryan.

It was my turn today to miss nursery and spend time in Relief Society. It was great and just the thing that I needed. Our lesson today was about finding joy in motherhood and womanhood. The teacher was excellent and she talked about how when we think of a LDS woman this is what we think or claim to see (makes homemade bread daily, perfect clean house, submissive, etc.) We had alot of great comments from the sisters about being who we are and not being what we think we should be or have to be in order to become a great woman. I was really touched today though by the 1st counselor in our relief society. She is an ER doctor and as she stood up to share her testimony of the lesson I felt like what she was saying was very comforting and inspiring for me. She talked about how in this lesson most of our comments streamed the theme "Being proud of who we are!" She talked about her first marriage and not getting pregnant and feeling lost because she felt she wasn't being who she needed to be. I felt so connected to her because of the things she was saying. She talked about how she went back to school, single and at the age of 30 to become a doctor. She also talked about how she did not become a mother till she was the age of 43 years old. As she stood there and bore her testimony about the road and journeys that she had been on to where she is now...she learned that we need to be proud of who we are and not what we feel we have to be to feel accomplished in our lives. This was a little warm fuzzy reminder to me from the spirit. I had many of those today. I heard many promptings as others bore their testimonies about going back to school and getting an education. The Lord knew I needed to hear those things today. They were little reminders of confidence that what I am about to do is the right path and the right thing to be doing. It also helped me to remember that I need to be proud of who I am and be proud of the path that I am on and not doubt the journey that the Lord is giving me right now.