Yes, I know it's been a while since I posted something to my blog. These past couple months seem like a blur. Having been out of work for the past two months has been frustrating, especially for someone like me who likes to be busy and productive. But my extended illness has provided me lots of time to spend with family, to read and to cultivate good habits (maybe...), so I am grateful for what this trial has taught me. I am incredibly thankful for those who have been so loving, supportive, patient and kind during this incredibly stressful time.
I'm looking forward to returning to work tomorrow. I feel the same excitement I felt to get back to school after a long summer holiday. I'm looking forward to whatever the future holds, especially looking forward to graduate school and all the adventures that will bring. I got to teach Primary today and had such a wonderful time....kids are amazing, eh??
For those of you who have read "The Missing Piece Meets the Big O", my subject line will make perfect sense. I still feel much like the Missing Piece did, but I am slowly learning to roll and I'm sure once a few more of my rough edges are chipped off, the rolling will become easier. :)
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ReplyDelete(I deleted the first post because of a grammatical misstep. Sorry) :)
ReplyDeleteMy Dear Friend Heidi,
I pray that life finds you rollin' along well. I pray also, that this communiqué does not come to offend your sensibilities. I had the opportunity to deliver a talk in church, the Sunday after Thanksgiving and after reading this quote from History of the Church,
"I am like a huge, rough stone rolling down from a high mountain; and the only polishing I get is when some corner gets rubbed off by coming in contact with something else, striking with accelerated force against religious bigotry, priest-craft, lawyer-craft, doctor-craft, lying editors, suborned judges and jurors, and the authority of perjured executives, backed by mobs, blasphemers, licentious and corrupt men and women—all hell knocking off a corner here and a corner there. Thus I will become a smooth and polished shaft in the quiver of the Almighty."
I proceeded to narrate the whole story, "The Missing Piece Meets the Big O" to the ward. Obviously, I thought of you in preparation for this talk about the Prophet Joseph Smith, and during the extent of my presentation.
I understand if you feel the need to remove this comment, or otherwise choose not to respond as with the text message I sent you back in October. I simply pray that you know you are in my thoughts, and that I wish you all the very best this holiday season. Should you receive this, please pass on my best wishes and full regards to your family as well.
With Love & Best Wishes,
Darryl