One Year Ago

Today marks the one year anniversary (for lack of a better word) since Nate's infamous (in our lives anyway) motorcycle accident.  Kind of crazy how time just ticks on by.  It's been quite the year, but also very rewarding in some ways.  We have learned a lot over the months.  Funny how trials become blessings.  We were able to go to the annual Pleasant Grove Fireman's Breakfast yesterday.  A lot of them recognized Nate and came up to shake his hand.  The first lady to recognize him came right up and told him how great he looked.  I know it made his day knowing they all remember and still care.  He does look great.  You would never know he split his face open like a watermelon and broke it all to pieces by looking at him today.  Of course he has scars, but you wouldn't ever guess how they got there.

Nate had his eye muscle surgery on the 18th.  All went well with that.  He wishes he would have done it sooner, really.  He hasn't had any problems with double vision since.  His orthodontist is still very optimistic about his jaw not needing to be rebroken and set.  He gave Nate an approximate timeline of 3-6 more months then the braces can come off.  That will be a joyous day for him!

Looking back at everything up to today I can't help but think about the blessing he was given by my dad in the emergency room one year ago.  He was blessed he would heal and be made whole again.  He has almost made it!  That blessing got me through some of those tough days.  He really healed very quickly.  I knew "becoming whole" wouldn't be an over night deal in his situation, but to know it would happen has brought a lot of peace and comfort.  It doesn't mean he's back to exactly the way things were, but for the most part everything that was broken is fixed.  Couldn't ask for more.  I was asked to talk a little bit about the accident and how faith got us through it in Relief Society today.  The Relief Society president had no idea it was the one year mark when she asked me to say a little about it.  I guess it could have been a coincidence, but I'm sure it wasn't.  I don't know if anything I said made sense or if anyone went away from it with any great insight (I know I got side tracked and lost my train of thought a couple times), but it helped me look back and see a little deeper of how we were blessed and how Nate was, without a doubt, protected that day from more serious and fatal injuries.  Faith is a wonderful thing.  I think most of us have more faith than we realize.  I am grateful for my faith that sustained me on May 29, 2010 and still today.  I know our Father in Heaven hears our prayers.  He loves us and wants to bless us.  We need to show him we want and deserve his blessings by striving to keep His commandments and applying the atonement in our lives.  We are truly blessed when we obey.  Sometimes the blessings are obvious, sometimes they aren't and sometimes the worst and unthinkable happens, but the blessings are there and they are real.  Still, a day doesn't go by where I don't thank Heavenly Father for the miracles we were blessed with.  We are forever grateful.