Tender Mercies, I wonder sometimes does it get any better?

What a difference a day can make sometimes having been sick and unable to keep down my dinner; I ate lightly today and went to my temple assignment this afternoon. I had a little bit of rice and chicken to eat before I left the house. I didn't feel like eating anything else the rest of the time, and just drank a lot of water from the drinking fountains.

Last week at the temple was wonderful. I thought how great my day ended and couldn't imagine my day being any better than that. Well, I was wrong. Tonight as one of my assignments I went to do initiatory as usual. Sister Julie B. Beck was one of my patrons that I got to work with and she was so kind and gracious.

I smiled and knew who she was immediately. It was a privilege to see her, as I left to go to another assignment she thanked ME for being there. I felt the sweetest spirit from her and was thankful to have been able to serve her. She looks like many others who are wives and mothers, raising their families, and who are grandmothers.

I told her how much I appreciated the talk she gave in the October 2007 General Conference, Mothers Who Knew. She said, "You mean the one ten people wrote me to tell me they didn't like?" We smiled at each other and continued to praised her. I could tell she appreciated our positive responses. My companion and I were still feeling great later for having seen her and served her.

The hand of the Lord was there today and even my conversations with other workers was so uplifting. We are so blessed to be there and feel the holy ghost so strongly. It gives me great joy in the midst of a week with days like yesterday, and I am filled with gratitude for tender mercies. How blessed I am.

I meant to mention that Parker broke his right arm today. He fell down the stairs in the garage as Aaron and Candice were organizing some boxes in the storage area. He now has a BYU blue cast. He knows all about his cast and tells people he broke his arm when asked what happened. He seems to be handling the inconvenience very well.

Aaron said when they took Parker to the doctor's office he threw a fit to get an ex-ray. He did not like that at all. Maybe he was scared and didn't understand what would happen next. Aaron said he will have the cast about three weeks.