Have you ever had an experience in your life where you fell into a pit in the road and overcame it then looking back wonder how the heck you ever made it through on your own? Looking back on my life I can recall several instances where I was caught in a pitfall and knew that it was not because of my own doing that I was able to make it out of there. Even situations that were not really pitfalls but rather brief encounters with dangerous situations. I believe that there are unseen gardians watching over us constantly and assisting us when needed. I have felt their precense in my life several times and have known without a doubt that at the very moment I was not alone. And the sudden rush of love just instantly filled every fiber of my being and my tears could not contain the emotion I was feeling that there is another besides my earthly family that loves me enough to watch over me and protect me from the unseen dangers before it is too late. I have been reflecting on this now for quite sometime but this week it has been more evident in my life that I am not alone and I am ever so grateful.
At the beginning of the week, I decided to go running. My brother had just had another surgery so I thought I would run to my moms house to see him and then continue on till i reached the loop and circled back home. The route is just over 6 miles. And stopping at my moms for a drink of water helps for a short break. The first time I did this I guess I didnt realize how out of shape my body was because about 2 miles before I reached my home my legs tightened up so tight especially in the ligaments that connect your legs to your pelvis that I felt like they were just two rubber bands snapping back with every step. I tried to keep running, but my steps were so short that it was useless so I just walked the next mile till they were a little more rested then ran the rest, well it was almost dark by now and my mom had called Jeff and had him standing on the side of the hill by our house with binoculars searching the trail for me and letting my mom know that he could see me and I was fine. . . . . Two days later I decided to do the same run but leave earlier, I stopped at saw my brother one more time, got a drink and then conituned on. Just as I was leaving my brothers friend pulled up in his car to visit my brother. My mom was worried because I didnt have my cell with me. . . . A short time later on my run, I saw my moms best friend drive by and wave, the opposite direction from her house and from going in to town. . . . then a short while after that, as I was cutting through the orchard I saw my brothers friends car slowly driving by and my brother peering out the window. . . lol. . . . All though I could say that was being over paranoid it gave me great comfort to know that my mom loved me so much that she sent trusted family and friends to watch over me and assure my safety! My mom is defeniatly my earthly gaurdian Angel and has protected me and assisted me and carried me through to many many situations in my life where I could not ever make it through without her! I am so grateful for her!
Early this morning around 3:30 my girls both starting throwing up and were just so sick. . . . .long story short but all day Maylee just wanted to go outside and play, so this afternoon I took them for a short short walk in the stroller down our long driveway to the mailbox to get our mail. Tonight they were both so exhausted and i knew that I could just lay Maylee down and she would fall asleep in seconds, but for some reason I thought lets go for another walk. Why am I thinking this, I should put these girls in bed, that was my thinking in my head, but still I was like, no lets go for a walk, it overcast,the sun was setting, and lets just go. As we were leaving I could not find one of our dogs. We called and called and she did not come, so we continued down the hill. In the distance I saw a car pull off the side of the road by the farm building and wait. . . my first thought was "oh no our dog got hit my a car and is dead," so I started to head down that way but as we were coming up on the canal road, Abby yells, "Mom there is somthing black in the canal and it looks like a head!" I looked over and our dog was stuck in the fast pace canal in the corner by the gate that sucks you under. . . I ran over and just as I reached to grab her collar she went under water and dissappeared. A few seconds later she popped out from the other side of the gate and now was stuck in the raging rapids and undercurrent flowing whirpool that just sucks and pulls you under. The water was about 5 feet below the bridge so I layed on the bridge reached down and just barely was able to get ahold of her collar, but there was not grips just cement walls, and she was to low down I could not pull her out without falling in myself. I looked around, did not have my cell phone, my girls were clear on the driveway in the stroller, the car that was pulled off was gone, jeffs parents were out of town, ( cause the canal is right below their house) and Jeff was at scouts. I was so scared and did not know what to do. I have to find somthing to pull her out with, but I couldnt grab anything while I was holiding her and she was choking from the collar holding her head up as the current pulled her down I realized this is not going to work, so I had to let her go to try and find some help and find something i could use to pull her out. as I helplessly watched my dog drowning as she kept getting sucked under over and over again. . . . I screamed out. . . "Somebody Help Me!!" but living in the middle of nowhere, there is no way that anyone could here or see to help me. My eyes searched for anything to help, I finally saw a loose pull on the gate of the canal that was about 10 feet long and had a connecter that was about 6 inches long on the end, I thought I could grab her by the collar with the connecter and pull her out but just was I was trying to manuver the pole around I coudlnt see her,she had gotten sucked under again I yelled out again, "I need help she is drowing". . . . and all the sudden she came shooting out of the current, like superman dog and popped up in the non rapid part, but it was still really really swift, I ran to the side, which now the water was only 1 foot below the road, grabbed her collar and lifted her body out of the canal! Amazingly enough after being sucked under at least 10 times, my dog just shook the water off her and was able to walk almost run all the way up the steep hill to our house and had no problems! Our other dog who was standing on the bridge watching this whole thing and trying to help in his own doggie way was never so excited to see her out of the water and just kept licking her and nudging her and has layed by her side the rest of the night!
I think there are three miracles in this situation, first that I had the impression to go for a walk at 8;00 at night which I would not normally do, second that when my eyes were searching in the distance and about to turn down the oppisite path, my 4 year old daugther was focused enough to look in the right direction and catch a glimpse of our dog just before she got sucked under, because we can not see the canal from the other side of the gate from where we were on the road. And last, when I tried all I could do but knew that I needed help and could not do it alone and crying out for help pleading that anyone would hear me and save her, Heavenly Father answered my plea and somehow whether through his own work or the help of another unseen being, got my dog to almost be thrown from the rapids to safer waters where it was possible for her to be rescued! I was really grateful that Abby was able to experience all of this too so that she could see how the Holy Ghost helps us in our thoughts and actions and how Heavenly Father hears and answers our cries and the miracles that took place and that she was a huge part in it! It was a great teaching moment, and great moment that filled my heart with thankfulness and graditude in knowing that we are loved, that we are being watched over, and that we are not alone!
There is one more personal experience that I want to share that is not my own, but rather that of my brothers and I hope it wont be taken to lightly or laughed at or mocked at because we hold it very sacred and dear as our biggest miracle in our family. Last year on August 20th my brother Clint was crossing the road right by UVU with his roomates to go hot tubbing when he realized he forgot something so he turned back around to cross the road again. He stopped as a car was coming, the car appeared to be slowing down, so Clint continued to run across however the driver was looking down and did not see Clint, therefore she did not even brake Clint turned to face the car just as it hit my brother full force. The bumper snapped his leg, his face shattered her windsheild, he then was thrown 10 feet in the air and landed face down in the gutter. His friends ran over to him, his apartment manager happened to be walking down the street with her husband and saw the whole thing happen. My brother was not breathing and was dead. His manager yelled he needs a blessing, someone had oil on hand, and they proceeded to give Clint a very special and powerful blessing. Just then a EMT who had not even been called or notified just happened to be driving by, saw my brother came running over and started doing cpr for several minutes on him. They called lifeflight, and by the time lifeflight finally came, they got my brother breathing again! They lifeflighted him to Provo but lots of crazy reasons were unable to notify my parents until three hours later. When my parents arrived Clints face was was covered in a mummy wrapped box and he had several several doctors working on him at once, he was loosing alot of blood, and was in severe severe pain! Clint had to be medically induced into a coma for 2-3 weeks. He had broken every bone in his face, lost all but three of his teeth, multiple compound fractures in his leg, so they had to insert a large pin, a pin in his shoulder, staples all across his scalp, a metal plates inserted all in his face. A month later Clint was able to come home!!! All though he has many cosmetic surgeries and many more to go, there are not internal injuries and that is a blessing. But the biggest blessing of all is that because of his faith and the faith of those assisting to him and the time of his accident, my brother is alive. There as a moment where I thought i would never get to hear his sweet giggle again or see his bright blue eyes and hear his dating stories and adventures. A time where I thought that I had given him my last hug, and that my heart would forever have a empty whole. The night of his accident Jeff was gone at a campout and I was alone with my girls and we didnt even know if he was alive. Those two hours were the most struggling sorrowful time I have ever experienced. But now my heart is so full and I KNOW that our Heavenly Father does not leave us alone, I KNOW that we are recieveng so much help from others who are on the other side of the veil, and I know never ever to take eachother and our family for granite because oneday they will be gone and you never know when that could be. I love my brother so much. He is just my buddy and my friend and he never ever in his life has judged me for my mistakes or preached to me or turned away from me. He has been there for me 100 percent through everything and is the most loyal caring and sensitive person ever!
I just wanted to share these miracles to 1 express my love and graditude to my Heavenly Father who is so patient and loves us unconditianally and 2 to offer and hope or courage to those who have heavy hearts or sorrow. Never forget that you are not alone!!!! Help is only a prayer away and the floods of blessings will come pouring down upon you! I love love love my family with all my heart and I am so so so grateful to my Heavenly Father that my cup runneth over!
At the beginning of the week, I decided to go running. My brother had just had another surgery so I thought I would run to my moms house to see him and then continue on till i reached the loop and circled back home. The route is just over 6 miles. And stopping at my moms for a drink of water helps for a short break. The first time I did this I guess I didnt realize how out of shape my body was because about 2 miles before I reached my home my legs tightened up so tight especially in the ligaments that connect your legs to your pelvis that I felt like they were just two rubber bands snapping back with every step. I tried to keep running, but my steps were so short that it was useless so I just walked the next mile till they were a little more rested then ran the rest, well it was almost dark by now and my mom had called Jeff and had him standing on the side of the hill by our house with binoculars searching the trail for me and letting my mom know that he could see me and I was fine. . . . . Two days later I decided to do the same run but leave earlier, I stopped at saw my brother one more time, got a drink and then conituned on. Just as I was leaving my brothers friend pulled up in his car to visit my brother. My mom was worried because I didnt have my cell with me. . . . A short time later on my run, I saw my moms best friend drive by and wave, the opposite direction from her house and from going in to town. . . . then a short while after that, as I was cutting through the orchard I saw my brothers friends car slowly driving by and my brother peering out the window. . . lol. . . . All though I could say that was being over paranoid it gave me great comfort to know that my mom loved me so much that she sent trusted family and friends to watch over me and assure my safety! My mom is defeniatly my earthly gaurdian Angel and has protected me and assisted me and carried me through to many many situations in my life where I could not ever make it through without her! I am so grateful for her!
Early this morning around 3:30 my girls both starting throwing up and were just so sick. . . . .long story short but all day Maylee just wanted to go outside and play, so this afternoon I took them for a short short walk in the stroller down our long driveway to the mailbox to get our mail. Tonight they were both so exhausted and i knew that I could just lay Maylee down and she would fall asleep in seconds, but for some reason I thought lets go for another walk. Why am I thinking this, I should put these girls in bed, that was my thinking in my head, but still I was like, no lets go for a walk, it overcast,the sun was setting, and lets just go. As we were leaving I could not find one of our dogs. We called and called and she did not come, so we continued down the hill. In the distance I saw a car pull off the side of the road by the farm building and wait. . . my first thought was "oh no our dog got hit my a car and is dead," so I started to head down that way but as we were coming up on the canal road, Abby yells, "Mom there is somthing black in the canal and it looks like a head!" I looked over and our dog was stuck in the fast pace canal in the corner by the gate that sucks you under. . . I ran over and just as I reached to grab her collar she went under water and dissappeared. A few seconds later she popped out from the other side of the gate and now was stuck in the raging rapids and undercurrent flowing whirpool that just sucks and pulls you under. The water was about 5 feet below the bridge so I layed on the bridge reached down and just barely was able to get ahold of her collar, but there was not grips just cement walls, and she was to low down I could not pull her out without falling in myself. I looked around, did not have my cell phone, my girls were clear on the driveway in the stroller, the car that was pulled off was gone, jeffs parents were out of town, ( cause the canal is right below their house) and Jeff was at scouts. I was so scared and did not know what to do. I have to find somthing to pull her out with, but I couldnt grab anything while I was holiding her and she was choking from the collar holding her head up as the current pulled her down I realized this is not going to work, so I had to let her go to try and find some help and find something i could use to pull her out. as I helplessly watched my dog drowning as she kept getting sucked under over and over again. . . . I screamed out. . . "Somebody Help Me!!" but living in the middle of nowhere, there is no way that anyone could here or see to help me. My eyes searched for anything to help, I finally saw a loose pull on the gate of the canal that was about 10 feet long and had a connecter that was about 6 inches long on the end, I thought I could grab her by the collar with the connecter and pull her out but just was I was trying to manuver the pole around I coudlnt see her,she had gotten sucked under again I yelled out again, "I need help she is drowing". . . . and all the sudden she came shooting out of the current, like superman dog and popped up in the non rapid part, but it was still really really swift, I ran to the side, which now the water was only 1 foot below the road, grabbed her collar and lifted her body out of the canal! Amazingly enough after being sucked under at least 10 times, my dog just shook the water off her and was able to walk almost run all the way up the steep hill to our house and had no problems! Our other dog who was standing on the bridge watching this whole thing and trying to help in his own doggie way was never so excited to see her out of the water and just kept licking her and nudging her and has layed by her side the rest of the night!
I think there are three miracles in this situation, first that I had the impression to go for a walk at 8;00 at night which I would not normally do, second that when my eyes were searching in the distance and about to turn down the oppisite path, my 4 year old daugther was focused enough to look in the right direction and catch a glimpse of our dog just before she got sucked under, because we can not see the canal from the other side of the gate from where we were on the road. And last, when I tried all I could do but knew that I needed help and could not do it alone and crying out for help pleading that anyone would hear me and save her, Heavenly Father answered my plea and somehow whether through his own work or the help of another unseen being, got my dog to almost be thrown from the rapids to safer waters where it was possible for her to be rescued! I was really grateful that Abby was able to experience all of this too so that she could see how the Holy Ghost helps us in our thoughts and actions and how Heavenly Father hears and answers our cries and the miracles that took place and that she was a huge part in it! It was a great teaching moment, and great moment that filled my heart with thankfulness and graditude in knowing that we are loved, that we are being watched over, and that we are not alone!
There is one more personal experience that I want to share that is not my own, but rather that of my brothers and I hope it wont be taken to lightly or laughed at or mocked at because we hold it very sacred and dear as our biggest miracle in our family. Last year on August 20th my brother Clint was crossing the road right by UVU with his roomates to go hot tubbing when he realized he forgot something so he turned back around to cross the road again. He stopped as a car was coming, the car appeared to be slowing down, so Clint continued to run across however the driver was looking down and did not see Clint, therefore she did not even brake Clint turned to face the car just as it hit my brother full force. The bumper snapped his leg, his face shattered her windsheild, he then was thrown 10 feet in the air and landed face down in the gutter. His friends ran over to him, his apartment manager happened to be walking down the street with her husband and saw the whole thing happen. My brother was not breathing and was dead. His manager yelled he needs a blessing, someone had oil on hand, and they proceeded to give Clint a very special and powerful blessing. Just then a EMT who had not even been called or notified just happened to be driving by, saw my brother came running over and started doing cpr for several minutes on him. They called lifeflight, and by the time lifeflight finally came, they got my brother breathing again! They lifeflighted him to Provo but lots of crazy reasons were unable to notify my parents until three hours later. When my parents arrived Clints face was was covered in a mummy wrapped box and he had several several doctors working on him at once, he was loosing alot of blood, and was in severe severe pain! Clint had to be medically induced into a coma for 2-3 weeks. He had broken every bone in his face, lost all but three of his teeth, multiple compound fractures in his leg, so they had to insert a large pin, a pin in his shoulder, staples all across his scalp, a metal plates inserted all in his face. A month later Clint was able to come home!!! All though he has many cosmetic surgeries and many more to go, there are not internal injuries and that is a blessing. But the biggest blessing of all is that because of his faith and the faith of those assisting to him and the time of his accident, my brother is alive. There as a moment where I thought i would never get to hear his sweet giggle again or see his bright blue eyes and hear his dating stories and adventures. A time where I thought that I had given him my last hug, and that my heart would forever have a empty whole. The night of his accident Jeff was gone at a campout and I was alone with my girls and we didnt even know if he was alive. Those two hours were the most struggling sorrowful time I have ever experienced. But now my heart is so full and I KNOW that our Heavenly Father does not leave us alone, I KNOW that we are recieveng so much help from others who are on the other side of the veil, and I know never ever to take eachother and our family for granite because oneday they will be gone and you never know when that could be. I love my brother so much. He is just my buddy and my friend and he never ever in his life has judged me for my mistakes or preached to me or turned away from me. He has been there for me 100 percent through everything and is the most loyal caring and sensitive person ever!
I just wanted to share these miracles to 1 express my love and graditude to my Heavenly Father who is so patient and loves us unconditianally and 2 to offer and hope or courage to those who have heavy hearts or sorrow. Never forget that you are not alone!!!! Help is only a prayer away and the floods of blessings will come pouring down upon you! I love love love my family with all my heart and I am so so so grateful to my Heavenly Father that my cup runneth over!
