FOUR YEARS

Today it has been four years since my Mom passed away. It feels like 20. Honestly, it seems like she has been gone for so long now. I miss her ~I really do. I wish I could tell her about my kids, the things they are doing, the exciting times and the trying times. She was my biggest cheerleader. She always knew how to make me feel like I was doing a good job and that everything would work out fine! I love her. I want to be more like her. I am so thankful for all she sacrificed for me.

I love this picture of my Mom and Dad with Dave and the kids... It was at Katie's first birthday party at my Mom and Dad's home in Provo, 1999. Lindsey was 2, Katie 1 and Matt was 7. We had just moved to Cedar City. Those were some sweet days. My mom and I talked pretty much every single day of my life until she passed away ~ if not in person, on the phone when I moved away. I miss that sooo much! She helped me make it through nursing school by watching Matt everyday. And OH! How he benefited from that! She read to him all day, played games with him, watched movies with him, drew pictures with him etc. I have always attributed his smarts to the time my Mom spent one on one with him. My mom was such an awesome Grandma!! I love the sweet expression on her face... that is how she always was, kind and sweet. I wish she was still here!!

Spring is always a great reminder to me because she passed away Easter week and it was such a fitting time to really feel the power of the atonement and the resurrection. Losing a loved one makes that act so real. I am so grateful to the Savior! I am so thankful that I KNOW I will see my Mother again and that we will be together forever!!

I saw this sign at Tai Pan while we were in St. George and just had to buy it. I hung it on the wall across from my computer and it makes me think of her every time I see it. LOVE YOU MOM!!