My three things a day I am thankful for challenge appears to have fallen flat on its face this week! I started with the best of intentions but unfortunately events way beyond my control stopped it dead in its tracks.
On Sunday, much to my disappointment, I had a massive seizure at church!! When I say massive I mean like a 15 minute whopper with ambulance being called and everything. To be totally honest I don't really remember much about Sunday at all, I just remember waking up in hospital with a banging headache and Dawn, the relief society president sat my by bed. For those non Mormons amongst us relief society is an organisation of all the sisters or women in the church.
While I have no memory of the event I have been informed that Dawn and another wonderful lady called Jill came to my rescue. Jill made sure I didn't bang my head and Dawn spent four hours sat in A&E while I slept. These two ladies are not related to me , although they have both adopted me as their church daughter, and yet they couldn't do enough to help me.
The relief society motto is charity never faileth, and on Sunday that was most definitely true. When I was 18 and made to join relief society I was a bit gutted, I thought it was going to be full of old women talking about aching joints and hip replacements. I even gave relief society the nickname of grief society. Over the years I have come to realise that relief society is actually a wonderful organisation to belong to. I have seen and been a part of the wonderful and warm acts of kindness and charity that the sisters in my branch express to others.
On Sunday I was blessed with an outpouring of love from two amazing sisters, who went above and beyond their duties to look after me. My life has been blessed and my heart permanently changed towards relief society, and those two wonderful sisters will always hold a special place In My heart.
So here are three things I am thankful for
1- being part of a wonderful relief society
2- living in a country that has free healthcare
3- having Dawn and Jill in my life
Charity never faileth in Bridlington
