Easter... a little late!

I was meaning to blog on Easter, or right before Easter, but just have not a second to do anything besides bare necessities!

I am so grateful for the Jesus Christ's resurrection!   Easter is such a special holiday.  In primary during the month of March we'd been learning about the resurrection.  One of the lessons, I was asked to share why I'm grateful for the resurrection, because I've had someone close to me pass away.  Before it was my turn to talk, the kid's were asked how do you think the Christ's followers felt at the time that He was crucified.  It had been prophesied, and I'm sure the diciples were knowledgable about that, but to imagine that He was going to be alive, again, was most likely beyond comprehension.  In Junior Primary (children ages 3-7), one little girl said "they probably felt stressed" others said they were sad or they were mad, someone said they were scared. 

So, when it came time for me to speak in Senior Primary (children ages 8-11), I'd had time to mull over the answers from Junior.  Senior didn't really respond, other than to say sad or mad. I thought it was so neat to see that the little ones were so in tune.  Anyways, I thought about how they said they were scared.  It was a neat experience for me.  I have to say that I'm so grateful for Christ's resurrection, because He was resurrected, we all can be.  When my daddy died, I didn't need to be scared about what would happen, if I'd ever see him again, because Christ was resurrected, Dad would be resurrected, too.  My heart was so full thinking about that.  I remember being sad.  I was 7 and I was sad, and I missed him so much!  I miss him so much!  I don't remember ever being scared about that, though. 

So, I am grateful for Christ's resurrection, so I can be with my dad again, and all of my family!  I get so excited to think of how wonderful that reunion will be, and to think that no one will be sick.  They'll be in their perfected state, and that will be so wonderful for them! 

I'm grateful for the Atonement!  I'm grateful that He not only atoned for my sins and my mistakes, but that the Atonement covers everything.  My sadness, my loneliness, my happiness, my joy.  He's felt it all!

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For Easter, we had brunch with Collin and his family.  We had an Easter Egg Hunt and flew kites that my mom gave the kids in their baskets.  It was so much fun!  Then, I had a nap!  Boring, but oh, so needed!

Here are some photos of the day, and the day after:

Today was a break through day for me.  I've been feeling like I've been in this fog for a long time! Granted I've been on a lot of cold medicine periodically through this time, and even non-drowsy makes me feel groggy for hours after the medicine has stopped working on the symptoms.  So there have been a lot of things along the way that have hindered my progression out of the fog.  Today I was talking on the phone to my aunt, and she asked how I was, and said my normal response, "I'm good."  Then I kind of giggled, because I realized that I really was good.  I maybe could've said I was even great!  I don't know that the whole of the fog is completely better, but for today I'm so WAY better, I can't believe it!  I found this today, and love it!