2025-07-20_email_you-make-me-happy-when-clouds-are-gray
From: kristi.heywood@gmail.com To: kaitlynn.heywood@gmail.com, kaitlynn.heywood@missionary.org Date: 2025-07-20 Subject: You Make Me Happy When Clouds Are Gray
Dear Hermanocutiepie,
Dad and Alexa walked to Home Depot. It got raining so hard that Dad called me to pick them up. It was a 4 mile walk. Dad's been doing a great job of being a lot more active.
I talked to Addy Scadden today. I don't think she is the right fit for Bryson.
All of my siblings went in and got my parents a dishwasher for their anniversary. Did you know that they're going to be married for 50 years in September?
I was doing a puzzle and at least half of the edge pieces wouldn't fit to any of the other edge pieces. I couldn't figure out why I was missing all the pieces. Then I realized the pieces I had been putting together didn't actually match each other. There must be some good life lesson in this....
Sometimes we try to force something to fit and because we have that piece wrong, nothing else in our life can come together correctly.
What pieces are in the wrong place in your life?
Puzzle wisdom from mom.
I love you! I'm proud of you!
Love,
Mom
(Appended gratitude notes) We should thank our Heavenly Father for His goodness to us by acknowledging His hand in all things... We should especially thank Him for His Beloved Son, Jesus Christ... "We are surrounded by innumerable blessings that we can easily take for granted if we are not mindful. Conversely, when nothing is expected and everything is appreciated, life becomes magical. President Nelson has said: 'Each new morning is a gift from God...' That brings me to my fifth and final observation, which is you will never be happier than you are grateful. The Lord declared, 'And he who receiveth all things with thankfulness shall be made glorious.' ... Those in the great and spacious building entice us to look beyond the mark, thereby missing the mark entirely." -Elder Gary Sabin, Hallmarks of Happiness
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