It truly is great when you realize all the many blessings in your life. Not that you haven't ever recognized them in the past, but that you have a greater appreciation for them. Being in love with my sweetheart and even better, being married to him, I've realized how precious life is. Things in life are going to stress you out, worry you, scare you, make you angry but all that truly matters at the end of the day is that I am going to cuddle up in the love of my life arms and enjoy his sweet kisses. This is the point when you say to hell with whatever else... because this, this right here, is all that matters. This is also the point you begin to realize you don't have to impress anyone else or strive for anyones approval, stress yourself over the small things people do that irritate you. This is the point that you look at them and think, "How sad for you? You clearly don't have this special piece of heaven in your life that I have. Therefore their words and actions and control freak ways eat precious time away from their life and the things that truly matter. If you take yourself out of the emotions of it all. You can't help but feel pitty for the person that is so proud of being cold hearted. You realize how numb they are to feeling. Almost like some are afraid to feel sad. Well if you never let yourself be sad, feel compassion, ect. How will you ever know what it feels like to truly be happy? That person loses that all. And when time comes to an end, the people that should care about them most probably wont. This is the point where you realize what a infectious disease this numbness is. This is the point when you realize how blessed you are, to not be afraid of the sad, the hard, the hurt, the pain, happy, tears, smiles, true compassion, and a genuine honest heart.... You have someone to share it with. And if by chance you fall, you have someone right there to catch you. And what a great feeling to feel them catch you, to know that they love you so much and you trust them so much. What better satisfaction? No matter what happens... the things that matter most is the wonderful person I have for time and all eternity.

Then comes the point that I recognize my beautiful mother. A woman of great strength. The toughest woman, yet so compassionate and loving toward everyone regardless of their background, choices, ect. She loves so endlessly. She protects those that she loves no matter what and will fight to the end for them. There is nothing that she wouldn't do for anyone. And the BEST part about all of that, is that she is SO genuine. It's not for a show or because it is just what she thinks that she should do. It is what she wants to do, because that truly is who she is. This is the point that you realize and question, how does she do it? Well who knows... I guess its just this amazing trait she was blessed with from her Heavenly Father. Then I think about how fun my mom is and how easy going life is. Life isn't about the small things that aren't actually going to matter when you die. For this amazing woman, it is all about quality. Quality Character. Quality time with the ones she loves. Quality love. Quality cooking. She loves being with family and she always makes it such a good time. And if you wonder why she makes it such a good time? It is because she is so pure of heart. She is so fun loving and truly happy with her life that she is able to reflect that on everyone that surrounds her. I know she will be the BEST grandmother. As she was the best mother. I can't say I always recognized that but just like her mother, my grandmother, she is amazing and so strongly impacts the life of everyone around her. I think of what my grandmother is to me and I know that is exactly what my beautiful mom will be to my children.

Then my amazing Father. No matter what goes wrong, I can always rely on him and trust him. He always has such a loving approach. He has a gift to love. Always so calm and reasonable. Full of wisdom and truth. He taught me everything I know. He taught us responsibility and every other important quality. He impacted my life tremendously. Took me in under his wing and loved me to death, gave me everything I needed. His patient heart, tender hands that blessed me. His gravitating happiness. His devotion to those he loves and his responsibilities in life. So amazing....

I have never met anyone else like these 3 people that have influenced me so much in love. I love them so much and don't know where I'd be without them. I hope they know just how much I appreciate and love them.