Fighting Depression

So the other day I was listening to this talk by Elder Holland and I felt so much peace.  I also felt the love of our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ.  They care about me and about everyone on this earth and want us to be happy. Elder Holland talks of fighting depression.  He says it is as real as someone with high blood pressure and should not be looked on with any degree of distain.  

So I wanted to share the link to this talk.  I love it. I hope you will listen to it.

Like a Broken Vessel Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, Saturday Afternoon, October 2013

I also thought of my fight with depression.  I thought of the things that have helped me through my tough times.  I have had a great support system, thankfully.  But I have learned that I can do things that help me too. 

So here they are.
1. Pray/Uplifting Moments - Prayer is always so good for me.  I know that Heavenly Father hears and answers my prayers.  I also love to read a good uplifting article or listen to a great speaker like the one above.
2. Exercise - This is the one that I have had the best success with because I also have a great friend who walks with me and we have some good gabbing.  We like to take our kids with and they ride their bikes.  Sometimes we all ride bikes and this is fun.  It is good for all of us.  In the winter when it is bad weather I will get on the stationary bike or do other exercises.  So I always notice a big difference when I have been consistent with my exercising. 
3. Eat and Healthy Diet.  - When I eat good foods my body feels good and there for my mind feels good and Vise versa when I eat junk and a lot of sugar I feel sick both physically and emotionally. 
4. Do Something - When I really feel down and just want to hide and sleep or read, if I get up and do something that I know needs to be done then I feel better. I usually have to pray for strength to do this and I especially feel good if it is something that I really didn't want to do.  Then I usually can do more things and pretty soon I am facing the world like I would on a good day.
5. Take my Med's - I have always take the same med and the same dose and I know when I have missed too many days.  This medicine is a great blessing to me and many others and I'm so grateful to live in a time when we have so many medical advances.

I did not put these in an specific order.  Somedays one is more important and more helpful than another day.  But I know that these things have helped me and I hope that they can help others too.  If you struggle too, I want you to know that Heavenly Father and Christ LOVE you.  No Matter what they LOVE you.

I'M BACK

So I've been thinking for a long time that I want to start blogging again.  There are so many reasons that I want to.

Probably one of the biggest reasons is that we have so much negative in the world and I want to focus on the positive.

I have had some good examples of looking for the positive in my life and I'm so grateful for these people.  One of the biggest examples of this was my mother.  I think she had to work hard at this through her life and I'm so glad I was a recipient of so many positive comments.  I'm trying to do that with my own daughters especially with my oldest.  I love her so much and I want her to know that she is loved.

So I found this great quote on Pinterest today and I wanted to share it along with my own Goal to look for the Positive things in this world.

Credit for this quote art goes to Rebecca at Simple As That blog.  She has many more great and inspiring quotes.

Hope you all have a great day.

Trip to Calif.

This was a photo we took after we had just walked across the Golden Gate Bridge. When we were half way Katie says she needs a potty. We had just passed one and so I thought we would see another soon. Nope but she made it all the way and didn't have a accident. So I don't know what was bigger the bridge or no accident.

Where's My Water

I have been so bad for the past few months because of this my favorite game on my iphone.  Thanks to my great friend Amy I'm addicted to Where's my Water!  I love to get all the ducks, I love the collections, and the little scenes and you begin a new level.  I love the sound effects, and the way the gator will act shy when you touch the screen.  I even kept the free version and during Feb for Valentines they had a fun level the you got a new screen each day for about 14 days.  So now you all know what I've been wasting my time on and I hope to complete it all soon so I can work on what I need to do.

God Will LIft Us Up

I just loved this video. I helped me to see my suffering is so small and I can face life with Chirst by my side.

Sew vivor

We are Big Big fans of the show Survivor and so when I saw this Sew-vivor contest I had to post it.  I might even enter who knows.  I really have been having lots of fun sewing lately.  It reminds be of being young and my mom.  We sewed lots and lots.  Now I think of my sisters too when I sew.

There is a button on my sidebar if you want more info.

Eating with Grandpa

Saturday was Jared's Baptism so we were privliged to have lots of company and Grandpa stayed for a little longer.  So this morning after all the other kids and gone to school I couldn't resist a picture of Katie and Grandpa eating together.  I'm so glad for this picture and we hope to many more with Grandpa.