An Attitude of Gratitude


I enjoyed reading to Thomas S. Monson’s talk An Attitude of Gratitude this week. I appreciated the stories he shared of those he was grateful for. I loved his tribute to his teacher Lucy Gertsch. It was touching to read about how much this lovely lady influenced President Monson in his youth. I loved learning about those who President Monson was truly grateful for. In reading who President Monson had encouraged us to be thankful for, I want to put that challenge to me and write down those I am grateful for.

I, of course, I am grateful for my mother, in all the work she did to take care of me and help me become a responsible adult. I’m sure she had difficult days with young children. My sister and I are only 15 months apart, and I know that had to be difficult, but she did it and she raised 7 children. I am so thankful for the way she tried hard to teach us the gospel, to having family home evenings and challenging us to memorize the Articles of Faith. We had a lovely home life and I appreciate her and all she did for our family.

My dad was a hard worker. He taught us how to make our way in the world. He was a business owner and my brothers worked for him in his glass business. I helped answer the phones when my mom wasn’t able to and learned to work that way. I appreciate my dad in providing for our family. I’m sure it wasn’t easy, he had to go out and find the work, but he did it and provided just fine for our family of 9 people.
           
I’ve had many teachers in my years as a student and the one teacher that stands out in my mind is my history teacher in my 11th grade year. He made the subject so interesting and provided projects to help us learn. We did art and played games to help us remember what we were learning. He just had a way about him. I think it was because he was excited about history and that was passed onto his students. One of the assignments we had was to give a presentation about a person from history in first person, we also had to dress up as the person. I was so scared, but I admired my teacher so much that I worked hard on giving a good presentation. I was Charles Lindberg and I was so happy that I got an A on that assignment.

I am thankful for my husband who supports me in my schooling and also makes life fun. I tend to me more serious sometimes and he is always making my life light and happy when he is around. I love him so much for providing for our family and for being such a good dad to our daughters.

Lastly, I am thankful for Christ and all he has done to make eternal life possible for me. He has also helped me so much to get through this semester of school. It was difficult for me and He helped strengthen me and helped me to see that I could do it.

I appreciate the lesson I learned this week about how gratitude is a noble virtue and I hope I can also have the spirit of gratitude with me.  

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