Today I was honored to serve as an Escort to my cute niece Briana when she went through the temple for the first time. Afterwards, she and her husband were sealed for eternity. Today is their one year anniversary!
Anyway, you often hear how the temple gives you a new perspective and today I was thinking that very thing as I sat and waited for her to do this or that. I had a different perspective, a better one. It's not that it changes a bad perspective to a good one, it's that it helps you see things more clearly, openly, objectively, purely and all the other ly words.
I have an amazing life. I really do. I feel so incredibly blessed, lucky.....whatever you want to call it. My life hasn't always felt that way to me. Since I married my favorite person in the world, my life has been and felt amazing. Today as I sat and thought about this or that...nothing in particular, I realized just how much greater my life is than I even thought it was. I saw lots of brides today and remembered how excited I was when I was getting married. Then I thought...."am I as excited today?" and I realized that yes, I am as excited to be married to him today as the day we got married. It doesn't come with a lot of hoopla or celebration, the newness has worn off, but it is exciting. We have 3 amazing little girls. They work me to the bones and sometimes even make me cry with frustration, but oh how amazing they are, Oh how beautiful they are.
It was a great day! I love the temple and the perspective it gives me just being there. Thanks Briana and Brenton for sharing your day with us!
