Blessed

This weekend has been kind of crazy. Saturday at 5:30, an earthquake woke me up. My bed was shaking intensely and it took a second to register what was even going on. I then stood up trying to figure out what to do next and the house was swaying back and forth. By the time I was headed to the kid's rooms it was over. So many things went through my mind afterward. I was thinking that I don't have enough water in our storage. I was thinking I really need to be faster at getting my kids to safety and maybe having a family home evening on what to do during an earthquake. I was also thinking how thankful I was that we were all safe and life could go on as usual. I couldn't believe that it was a 7.0 earthquake about 30-40 miles from here. We've also had a couple of tsunami warning because of the earthquake here and the one in Chile. I had called Jay at work to see how he was doing and we were both amazed that, that had just happened. It was disconcerting to feel so out of control. I don't think I need to go through one of those again but if I have to I'll be better prepared. Tayson said it was fun and went right back to sleep. I heard Tatum rustling around in the other room and she also went right back to sleep. I keep thinking about the earthquakes in Haiti and Chile and how blessed we have been to be safe. It definitely gave me a drive to get better prepared. Not only physically but spiritually as well. The people in these other countries lost almost everything. On Saturday morning I went to a Relief Society training and they showed a video of the Latter Day Saints in Haiti and how their testimonies and faith have given them strength to move forward. They were in church on Sunday with clean clothes and smiles on their faces and most of them live on the streets but they knew where they needed to be and they had faith that the Lord was going to help them through. Would I have the same countenance of faith and hope if our outcomes had been similar? I know I will have a different attitude when it comes to being prepared and realizing that I've been given a chance to be better and do more of what the Lord has asked of me and my family with a brightness of hope and faith that he knows what is best for us.