In retrospect...

I'm sitting at our stake's women's conference right now without paper - big mistake - and I had some thoughts.
* "Be of good cheer" - We were just reminded by our speaker to enjoy life now. Too often we are thinking about what we look like, how we aren't quite perfect, and all of our inadequacies. We need to just stop and enjoy life.

What a kick in the pants! I spent months and months thinking about my anniversary cruise and worrying that I wouldn't look good in a bathing suit, that I wouldn't be dressed right, that my husband wouldn't be reminded of how cute I was 10 years ago.

And the most important thing was that I got a moment to spent time with my husband and enjoy myself. He's been standing beside me for 10 years - no matter how good I looked or what I had accomplished or where I had erred. And had I spent the time worrying about what I looked like or who I was impressing - I wouldn't have had near as much fun.

We went dancing on the ship. We ran around the waterpark at the Atlantis resort like kids. I got to pet the dolphins! What an amazing time we had! And with such a fantastic man!

I am so blessed!