A Gift

This tree sits beautifully right outside our house, and it can be seen from all three floors, the very top just reaching high enough to peak into our bedroom window and say hello. Right before Rivers was born David was mentioning how nice it will be when this tree finally blooms and fills our window space with beautiful flowers.

The day after we got back from the hospital I looked out the window and the tree had blossomed what seemed like over night, I couldn't believe how many flowers were on her. My first thought was oh how nice it's finally bloomed, but when I looked farther down the street to see if the rest of the trees had bloomed they had not. They were still completely and totally bare, not even an tiny sprout.

At first I thought this was odd, but then I got a feeling that this wasn't just an accident.  I realized that this tree was a gift from our Heavenly Father, announcing the birth our beautiful baby boy, not only we were excited that Rivers was finally here but so was Heavenly Father. So whenever I'm having a rough time or I think this is all too much or too hard I look outside and am reminded that my Father in Heaven is aware of me and Riversr and loves us so.