Season Two : Episode 2 "Cherish the Moments"

Last night my wife and I were able to spend some time to watch a movie on Netflix. Which seems pretty normal but was a treat because I am always doing homework or helping out around the house or something. (Its like now that I am grown up I have all these things called "responsibilities", weird, Right?!)  So we are skimming through our videos and we came across this Christmas movie and I love Christmas, so I was totally for hit! It started out being the day of Halloween. Kinda weird for a Christmas movie but okay, cool. As we start watching it ends up being a really sentimental movie about this family's baby that is found with a type of cancer and their process through it. And as you reach the end of the movie you find out why it starts with Halloween. It ends on a bittersweet note but there are so many positive things you get from the movie. You see the strength of his mother and how she is in shambles at the beginning of the process and then how she becomes so strong . You see how the community gets involved to help and assist through their trial. And you see others who are changed in the process and realize the true priorities in their life.

I feel like I am pretty on track with my life but there is a level of inspiration that I felt from viewing those peoples experience. It is a movie based on a true story. I felt a desire to be better, to be involved in better things, to cherish every moment that this life gives. Thinking of the blessings of our lives right now I am overwhelmed and hope that I can take time to cherish the small and simple but sometimes most important things.

This past week I have had the opportunity to feel our little daughter kick, how precious an experience to feel that. There was literally a month where Em' could feel her and I couldn't. I mean by all means she is doing all the hard work so she gets first dibs to feel our little girl. It was however still pretty neat to realize she is growing so fast. To think that she is able to move around do so much already. They say she can hear us talk so I try and start up conversations with her every once in a while to see how she is doing. She doesn't ever respond so its kinda one-sided... But hey its just one more step in my plan to make sure she is a "Daddy's Girl" ; )

We have been on the house hunt and have filtered out a lot of properties. It has been an intense process but such a blessing. It was actually the day we would have signed on a rental agreement we found out we were pre-approved to purchase a home! And the way it all happened we knew it was a blessing from our Heavenly Father.

I hope that as I continue through each day and especially this week I can see the tender blessings in in our lives. I pray that I will recognize the subtle mercies of my Heavenly Father and focus on the true purposes of this life.

- Trent D. Nielson

"Keep the Faith & Never Give Up, Never Surrender"