Mind Mush

After such a restless night, my mind literally feels like mush.  I haven't been able to keep my thoughts from the King family who today will lay their Husband, Father, Son, Brother and friend to rest.  All sorts of thoughts and feeling come to mind.....sorrow, separation, grief, pain, anger, happiness, sympathy, helplessness, mournful.  A scripture came to mind last night as I read from Seven Cherubs blog and posts on Facebook and the thoughtful gesture Naomi has started in raising funds to help ease the financial burden. 

In Mosiah 18:9 we read:

"Yea, and are willing to mourn with those that mourn; yea and comfort those that stand in need of comfort......"

The magnitude of those that are willing to do just that is overwhelming, not surprising but overwhelming.  Why am I not surprised? Because there are so many good people out there still in this lone and dreary world, willing to help those who they do not even know yet wish to mourn with and comfort others.  Just turn on the news at any given time and there is reason for many to believe that there is no good left, no good people as we have witnessed just in this circumstance.  Perhaps if there were news broadcasts that would show only good news, good things that people do and accomplish and maybe just maybe the world be a bit more cheerful, people would feel better about life in general....they say sleep equals sleep (that's what family centre told me about making my firstborn sleep and it's ripple effect) so it would be the same good equals good. 

I cannot fathom the feelings that the King family are going through today and will do each day that follows, I just know that we have remembered you in our prayers, have thought of you non stop and will continue to do those things. I pray that they will have the continued support following this day and often people are flooded with family, friends and support and left alone in the following weeks and months which is when the support and love is needed most.  I very much doubt it though, seeing and reading those that will continue on with that.

It's now 610am, Ephraim (6yo, eldest) woke at 430am so how he will cope by end of the day is any ones guess....this kid has always been a nightmare for sleep! Before I leave here is a short list of the things I am grateful for:

- life

- clean water

- the ability to read and write

- the ability to rear and raise children

- a husband who puts up with me and my demanding ways

- my mother

- to have full function of all my senses

.......so much more to be grateful for but these are the first things that came to mind this early hour. Thinking of you King Family, mourning with you....God bless you all.