"Come What May, and Love It"

 I was reading an article today and was reminded of a talk I heard many years ago.  It changed my perspective on our latest goings on a little bit.  The many blessings that we've experienced came to mind and made me realize that we're not near as bad as others throughout the world.

Our attitudes are everything when trials come up - I wasn't looking on the bright side very well and was feeling pretty down.  I'll try harder to look on the positive side.

        Day 4 - We let everyone sleep in on this beautiful Sabbath day.  Sleep is definitely needed these days, just so we can feel well rested (aside from Covid making you extra tired, being the care-taker of a Covid patient makes one tired as well). We've found ways to cope with this quarantine business.  Chris will sit on the porch and listen to us read scriptures and say prayer through a cracked open window (or through the phone, if its too noisy outside).  Aralynn hasn't had much change in symptoms, thank goodness. We can deal with loss of taste/smell and a slight bought of diarrhea (that lasted one afternoon and was done). 

        Day 5 - Benjamin is always my early riser.  He's up with the sun and never wants to go to bed.  This morning was no different - up he jumped at the early hour of just-before-6 am.  He came to make sure I was ok (since I'm normally the one to go get everyone else up and hadn't gotten out of bed yet), and then went outside to play with the kitties while watching the sunrise.  After a bit, he came rushing inside, telling me the bus was on our road, and then watched forlornly out the window as it drove past our house.  Quarantine has been hardest on my kiddos, but they don't stay sad for long!  

        Aralynn gained most of her sense of taste back sometime during the day and was super excited about that, although, its still a bit weird not being able to smell things.  She started feeling lonely in the fact that she's the only one sick.  I keep trying to tell her that's a good thing, but try as I might, she wasn't convinced. That is, until I told her that she was the only one with the super power of not being able to smell her brother's toxic farts. 😂 The things we do to cheer our Littles up haha

        If I'm telling the truth, even as difficult as some of this mess has been, it's been just as nice, if not more, to spend more time with my kids.  I'm one of those parents that is sad when the school year rolls around again because they all leave and then I'm terribly bored!  I do, however, like the more scheduled life, but that comes with it's downfalls too. So, having them home during this quarantine period really is great.  

**small disclaimer asking for prayers for my extended family and those that attended my Grandma's 100th b-day bash - news is coming forth that some that attended (my gma included) have tested positive.  Pray that their symptoms stay minimal and it passes quickly, please!