Empty Spaces

Blogging is great therapy and a wonderful journal for family history. Life certainly has its ups and downs and just like the joyful times, the heartache should be recorded. Nearly two months ago some of our very close friends had a family crisis - to protect their privacy I won't discuss the nature of the situation, but it is one of those life changing events that will forever change their family history and future. It is trials like these that grab your heart and send you in a downward spiral. Working through grief is a process and something that takes a lot of time and tender mercies from a loving Heavenly Father. Work is a key word in the process - and it is hard work to fight through times like this. Thus - empty spaces in our blog while time forges onward and empty spaces in our hearts and home.

A quote from the July Ensign reads:
"I know that having the Lord in our lives can bring joy to our existence. He is our friend, our teacher, and an example of enduring to the end. He truly endured all things, and knows what we are suffering. His atonement has brought about the miracle of putting all the broken pieces back together in this life in preparation for the next." S. E. Christensen (p.8)

Friends are a priceless gift and we will forever hold pieces of them in our hearts, for they have helped mold us into who we are and shared our sorrows and joys. All our love to some very special people.