The Meandering Thoughts of Jan

I mentioned in my last post that one of my New Year's resolution was to do scripture study by topic instead of just reading straight through. I feel like sharing the little insight I had the other night, because I have a blog and I can. I found myself studying the topic of having a broken heart. I had started by looking up scriptures on the topic of being meek and a meandering scripture path led me to reading about a broken heart. In Mormonism (and perhaps other religions, I'm not sure), I think we hear the phrase " a broken heart and contrite spirit " quite often as something we should have. It has been explained to me in the past that it means to be obedient and repentant. As I was reading the other night, I kept thinking why did the Lord choose the term "broken heart?" When I read that, I think, "I don't want a broken heart, I've had one more than once in my life and it hurts!" Then a simple thought came to my mind, "What does ...

Hey, January is almost over, so let's talk about goals and stuff. I've got to be honest, January always brings a small dose of anxiety for me. I distinctly remember thinking on January 5th "We are five days into the new year and I haven't done anything!" Now, I don't have these type of thoughts on February 5th or July 5th or October 5th, only in January. However, I believe goals are a good thing. Let's be honest, it has been a goal of mine just to write this post for over 2 weeks now, so time to get some goals, at least one, accomplished! First, let's see how 2014 went. 2014 Highlight Reel Road Trip to St. George (We always have a couple of those) The Announcement Some Bucket List Adventures Buying a new house and moving The arrival of the cutest baby in all the land Family Mountain Adventures and Festivities And every Instagram post full of baby pictures . 2014 was a really big year for me. Experiencing pregnancy for the f...

Dec. 1st - Decorating the Christmas tree. Dec. 3rd - Wide open spaces. We went on a day trip to visit our dear friend Melissa. Dec. 4th - Melts my heart. Dec. 11th - Probably the only person in the world who can suck on my finger and I find it cute instead of repulsive. Dec. 17th - It instantly feels 10x more Christmasy when I have one of my  Mama's  candy cane cookies. Mmmmm . Dec. 18th - Out fighting croup, poor baby. Dec 19th - The doc said cold air would help clear up his croup cough, so it seemed like a good time to go look at Christmas lights. Dec. 19th - Christmas couple pic. Dec. 24th - The best thing about wintertime, it is completely acceptable to dress up my child as a woodland animal.  Dec. 25th - Baby H's first Christmas. It was a success!