Counting Blessings

From Doris:

I have a wonderful family. Both my birth family and my family with Paul are precious to me.

I have a wonderful father. Paul is also a wonderful father.

I am still responding well to my cancer treatments. I am in awe of the medical science that discovered this treatment. Cancer is not always unsurvivable.

For the privilege of participating in an endowment session for Maran Ethel Gilmour, my third cousin twice removed on my Grandpa Owens’ line. She was born and died within the England Bristol mission boundaries. I did the research needed to determine she lacked temple ordinances.

The time I spend in the temple gives me strength to endure my challenges.

I was able to help someone else with her family history research.

Paul and I are able to go on walks together. Most weeks we walk over a mile on four different days.

Friends walk with me when Paul can’t. I am able to endure wearing a mask while going on a walk.

Tatiana, a very dear family friend who we love like a daughter, will be coming to visit us next April. She and her husband and two daughters will be coming all the way from England.

My friend, Tracy, continues to bless me with her care and concern.

My medical insurance pays the complete cost ($28,974.93) of my chemotherapy drugs each month.

What we thought were weeds growing in our galvanized tub ended up being snapdragons!  I guess seeds from a nearby snapdragon created a new flower garden!