A Heavy Heart

My heart has been heavy today. I allowed the negative comments of a Missionary Mom from another country to effect me in a negative way. I was trying to let her know that her son had arrived safely in Russia to the mission home and she fairly bit my head off. I was in shock. It just proved to me that there must be opposition in all things for us to appreciate what is right and true. I did nothing wrong. Neither did my dear friend who was vigilant enough to check on this poor woman's son to give her heart something to hang onto. Some people don't want others to lift them up. They are content to be sad and offended. You can't help everyone. That's what makes my heart heavy today. 

 I am glad today that this dear woman who is aching for her son, e-mailed me privately. It was a blessing to not have others rise to my defense who know and love me. It would have added to her sadness at the separation of herself and her son. Someday my son may need to be her son's companion in Yekat and I pray when or if that day comes all will be well.  I do forgive her cutting remarks and unkind accusations. She just doesn't know me, that's all:)

Tomorrow, I get my hair cut and colored! I've never had it colored professionally! I hope it turns out! I'm nervous. Yikes! Our cat has a badly infected ear and we take him to the pet hospital in the morning as well. The poor baby doesn't want to eat and it worries me. We'll have him fixed up and happy again very soon!

Sorry this is so short today. I promise tomorrows blog entry will be happy and filled with sunshine!

Quote of the day:

"None of us can assume that we have learned enough. I have lived long enough now to say with a certainty that as the door closes on one phase of life, it opens on another. It therefore behooves us, and is our charge, to grow constantly toward eternity in what must be a ceaseless quest for truth. An as we search for truth, let us look for the good, the beautiful, and the positive" Standing For Something, p. 64 Pres. Gordon B. Hinckley