Geneology, I am (attempting) doing it.

So 2012 has come and gone and here we find ourselves more than halfway through 2013. Time has sure flown by...

Recently I have felt impressed to return to my blog so that there is some record of my life and my families that I can look back on and remember. I have always been terrible at journal/diary writing as evidenced by the massive gaps in time here on my blog and in my private musings. However, while on a recent visit to California, I spent some time with some old, good friends who had recently themselves been getting more involved in their family history. It brought back to me the interest and desire to learn more about my family history while leaving a litle bit of my own for future generations. My grandmother, Melba, has worked in the Geneology library at the LDS Mesa temple for as long as I can remember and herself has done a lot of work on our family. Due to both of these influences, I really wanted to make sure at there was something concrete and hopefully interesting to leave my progeny and family to look back on. In addition, in a recent edition of the LDS magazine the Ensign, I read an article in which something really stood out to me:

"President Eyring quotes President Spencer W. Kimball (1895–1985) as saying that “journals are a way of counting our blessings and of leaving an inventory of these blessings for our posterity.” In general conference in October 2012, President Thomas S. Monson gave his testimony of journal writing. He shared some experiences from his life, adding, “My daily journal, kept over all these years, has helped provide some specifics which I most likely would not otherwise be able to recount.” He counseled, “Take an inventory of your life and look specifically for the blessings, large and small, you have received” (“Consider the Blessings,” Ensign, Nov. 2012, 86). Work at following the counsel of these prophets and set goals to write in your journal."

Not only is it important for future generations, it is important for us here in the present so that we do remember what we have and are reminded of the lessons we have learned. Admittingy, I don't always remember the brighter side of things and tend to focus on the negative. This is a good way to remind myself of those blessings and life lessons, no matter how insignificant or small they might seem at the time.

Now the hard part... Going back and catching up! So whether or not people are still reading, here goes nothing.