First of all, I am very excited to say that our baby now weighs 3 pounds and 6 ounces. Can you believe that! I think she is going to be so big when she is born. (I had to have another ultrasound today). I only have 9 weeks left woohoo!
Ok, so what I really wanted to say was I read this article in the Ensign today, and it really hit home for me. It is called "Treasure of Eternal Value" by President Monson. What got me the most was the section on living in the present. "You pile up enough tomorrows, and you'll find you've collected a lot of empty yesterdays." Let's be honest, who doesn't look forward to today being over for some reason. I know I am terrible about that. But we need to fill up our todays with meaningful activities and enjoy the here and now because we won't get it back. I just keep thinking about how ready I am to have this baby out, then I get excited about her growing. That's when I have to stop myself because I look at people in our age group and think...I don't know if I can handle being a parent and having to let my baby go someday. So I hope we can all slow down a little.
I also enjoyed the next section of the article, do not delay! I wanted to share the poem in it.
Around the corner I have a friend
In this great city that has no end;
Yet days go by, and weeks rush on,
And before we know it, a year is gone.
And I never see my old friend's face,
For Life is a swift and terrible race...
But tomorrow comes--and tomorrow goes,
And the distance between us grows and grows.
Around the corner!--yet miles away...
"Here's the telegram, sir..."
"Jim died today."
And that's what we get, and deserve in the end:
Around the corner, a vanished friend.
Isn't that poem just so powerful. I just sit in awe sometimes at how fast life moves. I keep waiting anxiously for each day to be over because I am anxious to be done with something or for something tomorrow holds, but then I look back and, really, years have gone by. It's just amazing to me. Let's all slow down a little and make each day really count for something!
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Hey Chels, I liked this post! And I hope nothing is wrong that made you have to get another ultrasound! I had to have a quick one last week to make sure she wasn't breech.
So, if you sign into your blog, in the top right of the screen you can click on "Customize." Then that brings up a page where you can click "Add Page Element" in several different places. That's how I added the slideshow and the links to other people's blogs. I got the countdown thing from Elise's blog. You just have to click on the bottom of it where it says "Add Widget" and then I think it gives instructions.
How are you guys doing? I see you're expecting. Congratulations! I found your blog on Aubrey's. Here is ours...
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