Rumor Has It

I find many things interesting, fascinating even, but what I am most intrigued by has everything to do with the moral of the story.  When reading or studying anything I am seeing the message or overall story/outcome.  I am constantly reflecting upon deep things and find it hard to have a chit chatty conversation about anything.  I hear what people are saying rather than the words that are being spoken.  When it comes to music and conversation there is this chip in my brain that imprints exactly and it never goes away.  But, ask me the date of something (sometimes even my children's birthdays!) and I have to think really hard.  My husband often says, "ask her what I said in a conversation two months ago and she'll have it verbatim." Conversations and interactions with people speak to me and I learn a great deal about myself.  When I am open, I am able to see things and decide if I like them and want to keep the trait around or if it's not so peaceful and let it go.  I learned something today.

 

For one reason or another; chicken pox, strep, flu, you name it, we have missed church starting the week before General Conference (April 3 and 4) until today.  I heard this, "I am so glad you are back.  I would have called, "  from several people today, that very phrase, and then, "but I thought you were in ...."  The various fill in the blanks were; WI visiting your husband, Utah, and thought you had moved already.  We also missed out on some field trips and activities due to a naughty Easter Bunny and one of those "We are all starving.  I am tired of saying 'no' to my kids" grocery shopping trips.  There is no room for that right now so other things had to be sacrificed.  When we would see people that we were supposed to have seen at the homeschool activities we would get a similar response.  

 

For all I know maybe I was in WI, Utah, and already moved.  Interesting.  I wish I would have enjoyed myself more on the trip, maybe it would have been more memorable :)

 

What will it teach me?  Not sure the scope of it yet but I am learning a lot about myself.  Here's to the next few days of pondering upon that one and many more opportunities to see myself through other's and life's lessons.