My Gratitude List--Day One

I loved listening to conference this weekend! It was so inspiring and peaceful. Brian allowed me to have the whole weekend off from cooking. I was in heaven just being able to sit and relax. I even got gluten-free cinnamon rolls, if you can believe it! They were really good!

I have been thinking about how I can follow the prophet's counsel to have a more grateful outlook and to show gratitude more often. I decided that every day this week I am going to post something that I am grateful for in Arizona.

Today I am going to start with the thing for which I am most grateful. That is that we are singing again. We have joined the East Valley Mormon Choral Organization (EVMCO) and now have the opportunity to be challenged musically and be a part of something truly extraordinary. It's like we have been lifted to a higher plane. We feel like singing more at home and even the kids feel that there has been a happy change. Brandon and Katelyn are in the children and youth choruses, but they are learning the songs from the adult choir as well since they join me in my practice. We not only sing more, we are singing better. That is so fun!

During our first rehearsal I peeked over to the tenor section to try to find Brian. He saw me and mouthed the words, "Thank you. I have missed this!" I did drag him to the audition, but we are both sure that this is where we are supposed to be. Our family needs music. Brian and I need music. We did not even realize how much we had missed singing together. This kind of choir is really rare. In fact there are only two in existence. One of them is in Arizona. That is one reason why I am grateful to be here.