Showing posts with label #notmynatualgift. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #notmynatualgift. Show all posts

Sunday, January 3, 2010

Having a Good Attitude

I heard something great in church today I wanted to share. In Relief Society, a sister was giving the lesson on being positive and told this story:

There was a woman who had cancer and was losing her hair due to chemotherapy. She woke up one day and looked in the mirror and found that she has three hairs left. She smiled and said, "I'm going to braid my hair today!" She did and had a great day. The next day, she woke up and looked in the mirror. That day she had two hairs left. She smiled and said, "I'm going to part my hair in the middle today!" She did and had a great day. The next day, she woke up and looked in the mirror and only had one hair left. She smiled and said, "I'm going to wear my hair in a ponytail today!" She did and had a great day. The next day, she woke up and looked in the mirror and had no hair left. She smiled and said, "I don't have to do my hair today!"

I will have to be honest and say that if I had three hairs left, I would not be smiling nor would I braid my three hairs. I think I would have shaved it all off a long time ago and gotten a wig. (This shows my vanity: My wanting to  look like I have hair being strongly outweighed by how creepy I think wigs feel. And are in general. Same thing with fur. I don't know - It's a sensory thing.) I hope this story made you laugh. It was a great reminder to me to be positive even when things get tough. I hope you are all staying warm! And if you have warm weather, I am JEALOUS! It's FREEZING here in Kansas and won't stop snowing! It's beautiful though! (That's me being positive!)

xoxo
Bren

Thursday, November 26, 2009

happy turkey day!

i, brenbren, am thankful for YUMMY FOOD and technology so that i can communicate with you-know-who despite the distance between us 8) i'm also thankful for a few days off from work to just hang, the fact that my hours just got changed to full-time at last, and the fact that i even have a job during this time of crappy economy. i visited joe last week for eight days instead of this week because it was about 1/4 the price of the airfare for this week. i'm bummed to not share thanksgiving with him and to be miss his brother's wedding on saturday. congratulations, charlie and amy! the last few days i have been working on what things we want for our wedding and what things aren't important to us. we like simple. i can't imagine the headaches and tummy aches the brides who are planning super elaborate weddings must get. currently, i am scouting around looking for good, reasonably priced photographers for our engagement photos this spring and for our wedding day this summer. well, anyway, that is the latest on this end. have a great holiday with your families!

xoxo
bren