The Most Important Lesson I've Learned (and am still learning)

Most of the friends I grew up with are married and starting to have families of their own. My best friend is married and has a little boy. I also found out the other day that one of my other old friends is having a baby! She's due in August. I'm so excited for her, but I'm also a little jealous. Chris and I have talked about having kids. We want to start trying, but I'm never sure when the right time will be. I know things will work out (they always do) and I don't want to rush into things. I don't want to have a kid until I'm ready. The only thing I've ever wanted to be is a mom. Now let's just see if I'll ever be ready.

As I've grown older, I've learned to trust in my Heavenly Father and put my life in His hands. If I do that, nothing else matters. That's the most important lesson I've learned and I think everyone should learn for themselves. As I've learned to trust Heavenly Father, I've also learned that the key component in doing so is to listen to and follow the Holy Ghost.

It reminded me of a quote by Elder F. Enzio Busche. He states, "It takes courage and commitment to follow the promptings of the Spirit because they may frighten us as they lead us to walk along new paths, sometimes paths that no one has walked before, paths of the second mile, of acting totally differently from how worldly people act. For instance, we may be prompted to smile when someone offends us, to give love where others would not find anything to be thankful for, to accept jobs that others would be too proud to do, to apologize where others would defend themselves, and to do all the seemly crazy things that the Spirit prompts a righteous, honest, listening heart to do."

I have to remind myself that if I listen to the Holy Ghost and do what I'm supposed to, that everything will work out. Now that I'm an adult, this lesson has been hard for me to comprehend. I'm so impatient sometimes and I wish Heavenly Father would just give me what I want right now, but I know it doesn't work that way. Another statement I've heard is, "We pray for patience, yet we want it right now." How true is that? I am guilty of this statement. I hate being patient. It is no fun, but I know if I am, Heavenly Father will bless me.

I think everyone needs to keep this small, yet very important, lesson in mind as they go through trials and hardships. I know that my Heavenly Father is with me every step of the way and if I follow Him, everything will work out the way it should. If we really love Him, we will follow His timetable even if we don't want to. I know He has a plan made specifically for me. I know He loves me because if He didn't, He wouldn't have given me a wonderful family and a wonderful husband. I wouldn't have what I have now. All He asks in return is to follow and trust in Him. That's really all we can do to repay Him for all He has given us.

I'm so grateful for a loving Heavenly Father who's watching over me. I don't know what I would do without Him. I'd be so lost, that's for sure! :)

Gathering with a Good Friend

Chris and I had Family Home Evening with Tyler and Ozma Andrew and a couple of their friends. We played a game with dice and we had to guess how many numbers were on each dice and if we were wrong, we added a dice. We also played a card game called "Bang." I liked the game with dice better, but "Bang" was fun too. Afterwards, we had a delicious dessert Tyler made.

Tyler is in my Pathway class. Ozma always comes with him to the weekly Thursday gatherings. One problem is that she only speaks Spanish and I don't speak Spanish, but she always gives me a smile which makes me feel good. :) I just feel bad I can't communicate with her. When I see her, she doesn't seem to mind. I wonder if it ever frustrates her that she can't understand what we're saying. I would be frustrated if I couldn't speak English and all of my friends spoke it. I admire her for it. 

I'm so glad Tyler and I have become friends. We always talk after our Gatherings. He is a lot of fun.

Favorite Poem, A Little Surprise, and A Rodeo

Since today's Valentine's Day, I was in the mood to share one of my favorite poems. It was written by my great grandmother, Barbara Evalyne Grover. It's called "Happiness." If any of you readers were in my seminary class in high school, I think you should have this memorized by now. I've shared it enough during Scripture Power. ;)

I wished I remembered Great Grandma Grover. I was only a little girl when she passed away. When I lived with my parents, there was this sweet lady in our ward and she always told me how much I looked like a Grover. I took that as a compliment. I didn't think I looked anything like my family so it was nice that someone told me that I did. :)

Chris gave me a new purse and some chocolates for Valentine's Day. He also got himself a new tie which is PINK! That's saying something because he hates the color pink, but I love it on him. It makes him sparkle! ;) I love my new purse. I needed one so bad. My purse was getting old. I was not expecting that. I'm so glad he gave it to me. I love that boy so much.

Chris, Cyrus, and I went to a rodeo this evening. It was like a carnival (and they called it a rodeo. Weird, I know). I got a drawing of Mickey and Minnie Mouse. It's really cute. 

We also went on a couple of rides (I wasn't a big fan of them, but Cyrus wanted me to go with him) and we had a funnel cake. It was filling, but it was good. We had a fun time together. Then again, Cyrus can make anything into a fun time. He is such a good friend to Chris and me. 

Meet the newest member of our family.... Stella!

Chris and I found a car last week and we got to take it home today! It's a silver Subaru Forester. I really like it. I can't wait to drive it. It'll be so much fun!

I decided to name the car Stella. Chris is totally against naming cars, but I think it's fun so he is just going to have to live with it. :)

It's so nice to have a car. It's strange not having a truck, but we sure like her. It's also weird going from driving a truck (I felt so powerful in it) to driving something smaller. Even though I don't have any complaints about Stella, it's still kind of weird.

It's also been fun because Hunter and Tosha live in our apartment complex so Chris and Hunter have been carpooling to work in the mornings. They take turns driving every day which means I have Stella every other day. It's been nice. I'm not the best driver by any means (it stresses me out), but I love having a car to call my own since I've never owned one before.

Rotten Luck

Chris called me from work at about 6 AM. I didn't recognize the number so I didn't answer the first time (plus, I was still half asleep). He called again so I answered. Chris said that a car swerved into him which made made him roll the truck three times this morning as he was driving to work. I freaked out and asked if he was okay. Chris said he was, but he said the truck was in pretty bad shape.

Chris really scared me. He could've died and I wouldn't have known a thing. He wanted me to get a car when we first moved here to San Antonio, but I didn't think I would drive it. Now I'm thinking that getting a car might not be such a bad idea after all.

I think we might just be having bad luck with his truck. When we started hanging out together, Chris bought his truck. He came by to my house to show me. We were going to go for a short drive. It was a shorter ride than I thought it was going to be. We got maybe 5 inches away from home, and he hits my next door neighbor's (Her name's Deena) mailbox. So, Chris gives her a call. She didn't answer so he left a message. He said something along these lines (I can't remember it word for word), "Hi. This is Chris Gibson. I'm a friend of Delaney's. I just hit your mailbox. Let me know what I can do to fix it. Thanks so much." I guess when Deena heard Chris's message, she laughed. She thought it was the most hilarious thing. My dad actually fixed it when he didn't have to work. Chris was upset because he wanted to be the one to fix it since he was the one who did it. To this day, Deena has never let him forget it. I wished we would've figured out the bad luck sooner.

When Chris came home, we started shopping for cars online. We looked at a couple on the Internet, but we haven't decided on one yet. We are going to look at a Subaru Legacy tomorrow. I guess that's the bright side of this situation. We will be getting a new car! It'll be so much fun. I am really excited.