Difficult Days

I never imagined loss is easy for anyone to deal with, but having to support a good friend through the the sudden loss of his father this past week turned out to be so much harder than I thought it would be. I ended up spending nearly five days straight with him and his family as they dealt with that difficult time. It was heartbreaking. On top of it all some of the individuals I serve at work experienced trauma that no one should ever have to deal with in life and at the end of it all I found myself so emotionally exhausted that I ended up having a pretty difficult week.

Ironically I was asked to teach a lesson in relief society that directly addressed dealing with loss. It was definitely more personal because of everything that was happening but I loved it. It is such a blessing to understand the concept of eternal life in God's plan for us. This doesn't mean that losing people won't affect us, but we are able to find hope amidst the sadness at being separated from someone we love.

It was a roller coaster week and I was able to reflect on a lot but I am also glad its over. Finally, when I had been away from my apartment for a few days, I reached a point where I just had to be home and had to see my sister. I love how family becomes a sort of grounding point for us to recharge and recenter our lives. As single adults it can be hard to lose this while living on our own but some of us can recreate a similar relationship with roommates and friends. I am glad I get to have that so perfectly living with my little sister. Come to find out while I was reaching my breaking point she had been pretty down herself because I had been MIA for so long. It was nice to come home.

-Aubrey

We will never know.

Yes I harassed her but I suppose it's my turn.
So yesterday, my sister and I got in one of our 'brawls.' Which usually involves pinching, biting, screaming, laughing, and a little punching here and there. My sisters favorite is to stick her finger in my ears... I hate it. Don't be alarmed, it's just playful, until one of us annoys the other to the breaking point that is. haha
But I realized, when it gets so far... Neither of us realize how it started or who even started it. Which then makes it go on longer because we feel like we need to be the one that ends it. It's like never ending, until of course one of us runs away and/or does come to the breaking point. Not like this will never be fixed... just making it apparent. hahaha

My morning started out with my sister harassing me into posting on this RIGHT NOW hahaha. Apparently she doesn't think I need to shower as urgently as she wanted me to think earlier. So here it is, our blog, not sure what this will turn into but it will be entertaining in the least. (There Cara, its not empty any more, can we get ready for work now?)
-Aubrey