I was so excited to see the sun shinning so brightly this morning! I was expecting a very dreary, possibly even rainy run today. There was a slight breeze, but not too bad. Since there was the potential for wind I decided to take my 'non' wind route, (in Spanish Fork that means a little less wind than in some of the the other areas of town.). That first mile was absolutely the closest thing to spring that I have seen this year. The temps were low 30s, no wind, birds singing and beautiful sunshine! I decided to pull the cell phone out and call Tom to tell him the weather was perfect at the moment and he might want to get out a bit early for his workout so he didn't have to do it on the treadmill later if the weather goes downhill. He said he thought he might try to do just that. Well, shortly there after the wind decided to pick up quite forcefully! I hope the same thing didn't happen in Provo. He may be out there as I type cursing me and the wind. Hopefully not. I guess I'll find out when I read his report in a while. Anyway, I decided that I couldn't avoid the wind so I might as well tackle it! I headed straight up onto my canyon wind stretch! There is always something a little satisfying when you tackle your problems straight on like that! It makes us stronger in many ways! The past few years Tom and I have had to face some very difficult challenges coming at us from many directions on both sides of our families. Gutting it out during the actual hard times sometimes seems impossible. But when we have made it through each struggle we have found ourselves with better qualities and stronger individuals, stronger as a couple and stronger as a family. I guess if we didn't have some wind and rain and lots of snow in our lives we might not grow to be the person we are meant to be. Sorry, you didn't realize you were going to Sunday School when you started reading this today. Anyway, I guess I am grateful for so many things right now, I just have to express it some way. If it were always springtime it probably wouldn't be as wonderful as it is after a hard winter! If there were always rainbows we probably wouldn't notice them as much as when they come after a terrible storm! | 
