Today I woke up still flaring from the weeks events. I am starting to feel like a weather forecaster. My body seems to feel the storm rolling in. The high pressure seems to create havoc and cause pain and pressure in my lungs. I guess you could say that this is another benefit of having sarcs. You get to warn your family of an upcoming storm! WOW who would have thought…. I would be a weather forecaster with never having to go to school for it!! haha!
Today was Saturday and after getting help from my kids in cleaning the house up for the week, the mother of my daughters friend called us and asked if we would like to join them for the women's conference tonight. It would be broadcast at our local stake center and we would eat dinner at their house first and then head over to the conference.
This conference would be a historic conference and would be a first of its kind. It was the first time that girls 8 years old and up would attend with their mothers. In the past they have had a Women's Conference and a separate Young Women's conference for girls ages 12-18. This was an historic event having girls ages 8 and up with attend with their mothers.
I was so worried that due to all of my flares from this past week if I would be able to make it tonight or not. I wanted to so badly and prayed and asked my father in Heaven to give me the health and strength in order to have the ability to make it. I trusted in the Lord and began to get ready even while feeling pain and extreme fatigue. My daughter drove us to her friends house and on the way over I asked her if we could say a prayer together. I once again pled with the Lord to give me the strength to attend this special conference with my daughter. Immediately after I felt a peace and knew I would be okay.
I was able to attend the dinner and I made it through the entire women's conference. It was absolutely amazing to be with my daughter and her friend as we basked in the warmth of the spirit and felt strengthened by the words of the leaders of our Church. I knew that I would normally not have been able to make it tonight without the help of the Lord. He literally took my pain and suffering away for those few hours in order to allow me and my daughter to be strengthened, because as I got home the pain and symptoms returned.
Although my daughter did not express her gratitude in words to me tonight but instead showed it by placing her head on my shoulder and on my lap, and just enjoyed me being by her side. It is amazing just how much I have taken for granite over the years. Attending a conference was something so simple and easy for me to go to before!
Oh how things change and now I am so thankful for the opportunity I was given tonight to make it to this special event with my daughter!
Here is the link to find the entire conference just in case you missed it:
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/sessions/2014/04?lang=eng&cid=HPTU040114648
This was my favorite video of the evening:
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/watch/2014/04?lang=eng&vid=3400040273001&cid=6
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