A Long Hard Road

     I remember when President Monson gave this talk. My Mom became very excited and went searching through her family history when he mentioned Mary Miller. As it turns out my grandmothers name is Mary Margaret Miller and is a decedent of the same family. I am a descendent of Mary Miller's brother John Miller. So, I just had to throw that out there. Ha ha..
  Anyway, it was lovely to listen to his talk again and hear of their stories. It is important to remember the sacrifices that have been made in our behave to help us appreciate what we have. We need to always remember what others have done for us to get us where we are as well as trials we've been through personally so that we may learn from them. It is important to not dwell on wrong doings but on what we learn from our experiences. These help to shape us. They give us knowledge, courage, faith, compassion for others, humility, experience and strength. We can use our experiences and the hand up our ancestors have given us as tools to make things better as they intended.

I also really liked listening to Elder Holland. Right now going through school seems like such a long journey. To only be able to take two classes at a time is going to take years to complete my goal. I really wish I could just go to school on campus full time. I could have been done next year. But, that won't happen so here I am. Working while I put hubby through school trying to support my family and help with my families business and going to school so that I am worth more/earn more, have something to fall back on if anything ever happens .... just in case, and trying to improve myself so that I can be more helpful in my job. So, far I am improving and I can actually see my progress in my job. I'm not sure anyone else can tell, but I can. It is going to be a long hard road. It requires a lot of time away from my family where I am needed. Three more years where I am barely a mom. Is it worth it? Should I stop and not do it at all? Should I just put it off till my husband is working and I can stop working and just go to school? Then what would that profit me? I can't stop working all though I'd much rather just be a homemaker. I think about this often and wonder if I'm making the right choice all the time.  I am reminded of this talk and others like it. It will be worth it in the end. It might be a long hard road but it will get me where I want to be. At least I think it will. Besides, if I wait I will have full blown teenagers and it may be even harder then.