Thursday

 “The work of the mature person is to carry grief in one hand and gratitude in the other and to be stretched large by them. How much sorrow can I hold? That’s how much gratitude I can give. If I carry only grief, I’ll bend towards cynicism and despair. If I have only gratitude, I’ll become saccharine and won’t develop much compassion for other people’s suffering. Grief keeps the heart fluid and soft, which makes compassion possible.” – Francis Weller

I like this quote.  I think it's so very true as well, we need to optimistic and we need to be compassionate.  That's kind of a life goal.

This week we didn't have in person mutual because someone has covid.  We met on Zoom and the Bishop talked to the girls about friendship and inclusion.  They love him and request him to speak quite often.  

We had a good talk with Ethan on Monday night.  He loves being a missionary! I'm delighted about that.

We had a little orthodontic drama this week. Back in november we went to the orthodontist because Grace's retainer had a little hole in it.  At that time we talked about replacing it with a permanent retainer but she had a little movement on a couple of her bottom teeth so the Dr said to wear the current one faithfully for two months and then come back to make the mold for the permanent one.  So she did and we went back, that's when we had the Lincoln drama that put Dr Johnson permanently on Grace's bad list.  We left that appointment with no visit and rescheduled for this week.  So Monday she got it in...and hated it.  Wednesday we got it out and now she's waiting for them to make a new removable one.  Good times.

Today we go back to the neurologist . My expectation is that they will have no news, since they haven't called us since her MRI or EEG. This is good because you never want anything to be wrong, and bad because there is nothing to fix.

It's been super cold this week. When you live in Florida this is a shock.