Yesterday was a hard day for many reasons. Lathen was sick, Heath was fussy, I got nothing done and there was ridiculous family drama. Yesterday's hard day, compounded with 14 months of publicly unknown hardships and I was over my limit. I was more than ready to throw my hands up and be done with all of it. Then a small tender mercy came in the way of a simple four year old following a prompting from the Spirit.
You see Lathen was camped out on our bed watching/sleeping through movies. Kieralee was happily nestled down with him. When my kids get the chance to watch movies they have a tendency to get absolutely glued and zone everything else out. I was in the other room, talking with Kevin. Unexpectedly, Kieralee comes bouncing in the room and says, "Excuse me mom, um, I love you!" I knew it immediately, I recognized my Heavenly Father's hand in this simple act. I asked Kieralee what made her suddenly leave her movie to come tell me she loves me? She said, "I don't know I was just watching and thought I wanted to tell you I love you." I then explained to her that she had just followed a prompting from the Spirit. I told her how much Heavenly Father loves me and her. I told her she was right for doing what she felt prompted to do and that she is a very special girl. She is a very special girl.
-Wintley Phipps
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