Blessed!

I have this picture on my laptop as my wallpaper background. As I logged in to do some studying and homework, I couldn't help but look at it and smile.

Besides our wedding day pictures, this is one of my favorites of us together. This was a very hard day for my sweet husband, yet look how wonderful that smile is. We had gone down to Utah to be with his family, for the funeral of his grandpa. He loved his grandpa very much, and I still remember when he found out about the news of his passing, he was shattered. It hurt me to see him grieve like that. In the picture, we were in Utah, just outside the Provo temple after his grandpa's funeral and a big family lunch. He had been a pallbearer for his grandfather, and it had a beautiful but emotional service. I had never met his grandpa, but I was also in tears at both services.
Yet, even though it was such a hard day for him, he still smiled and laughed, and we had some wonderful experiences together that really bonded us closer together.
It's also interesting to look at this picture, because just a couple days later, we returned home to our little apartment, only to find that someone had broken into it. They stole a nice peacoat that my brother in law got my husband for christmas, a bunch of my makeup and perfume, some of my jewelry, our food, and had used my husband's laptop to watch porn. It was a scary time for us, and a pretty hard few weeks on Corry. But he still smiled through it and found the light in the dark. Even though the day we got home from Utah was scary and sad, it turned out to be one of the happiest later that day. Mostly because my sweet husband is one of the happiest and most positive individuals I have ever met. I love him and I am so grateful for the light he brings to my life. I know he will be a wonderful daddy, and that our son (and other kids in the future) will love him and look up to him.