Blessed ♥

Over the last month or so that I haven't updated this, life has been crazy (when isn't it?). After getting home tonight after spending most of the day out, I couldn't help but think of how blessed I've been lately. Things have been going really well lately. I've been surrounded by friends and spending some time with family and trying to spend as much time as possible with boyfriend without dominating his time or neglecting my other relationships.

What really got me thinking about all this is this last weekend, I had to both talk in sacrament meeting and give a lesson in Relief Society. And for me, that's huge. Until now, I had never been asked to give a talk on anything in sacrament and have never held a calling in the two years I've been a member of the LDS church. To get both in one weekend just to put them both into action the following Sunday was, to be honest, frightening. Yes, I just said frightening. I knew I could do a Relief Society lesson no problem (basically do what I did when I subbed for Sunday School -- get everyone involved as much as possible and pose lots of questions). But to actually give a talk with no way to get an immediate response from the people that have to listen to me? No thanks. I'd rather not have to put my nerves through all that. My nerves felt fried after I walked out of the chapel when sacrament ended and I found myself making a beeline for boyfriend for a hug to feel better (with a few stops along the way because a couple of people stopped me to tell me that I "gave a great talk"). The ironic thing is I was hoping/praying for either a talk or calling. I just wasn't expecting to get hit with both at the same time.

Definitely grateful for this guy. He's been pretty awesome the entire time we've been together and I can't help but be happy around him, no matter what we're talking about. It's been a nice change of pace to date someone who is always making me smile because of something he says or does. Even just trying to do something as simple as get a picture of him usually turns into one or both of us laughing (with the exception of one picture and that was only because he didn't know I was taking it). And I don't think anyone has ever quite made me look forward to seeing them as much as he does. I'm always excited and can't wait until the next time we get to spend time together the days we're not hanging out and doing something.

♥