22nd and 23rd

Hey I have 500 posts! Can that be my 22nd gratitude post?

22) I made it to 500! That is pretty crazy! Writing this is very journal-esque for me. I know my mom reads it and that keep my parents in the know for my life and the family here. I am pretty sure other friends read this too, not quite as regularly, but I only have one mom, so there you go. But I happy to write every day, and this is easier mentally for me than to fret about journaling something each day--essentially this fills that requirement too.

23) I am grateful for memories. We had Grandpa Herb down for dinner last night--well, he got here at 2 PM, and Genius Golfer's sisters and their families came over for dinner at 5 PM. Herb had found some old, old photos from the day SIL Brenda went into the MTC and when now-married & expecting niece, Larisa, and now-married nephew, Travis, were preschoolers. There was even one of BIL Mike, who looked a lot like Prince in the 80s. They were so funny.

In my visit to another ward yesterday, I was able to sit in on their sacrament meeting where my trek 'son', the Professor, had his twin brothers speak having just come home from their missions last week. They each used the word "remember" a few times in relating stories from their own experiences on the missions to illustrate the Lord's hand in missionary work. It was such a pleasure to hear them both. I am not close to them, as I feel to Professor, but I can see so much of them in him--mannerisms, inflection, bone structure, testimony, and Spirit. It was a great day. But I am grateful for the remembrances that we all have that give us fond memories and recollections we can enjoy over and over again.