How to survive a pandemic.

The beginning of January, when I was listening to someone speak at church, she shared about her aunt that was putting together a family book of inspirational stories and she had been pondering what story to contribute. I had the thought, "You should do that for your family." and I knew that was in regards to my dad's side. Although, as I have seen all the positives that have come since then, I am thinking I should do the same for my mom's side of the family... Fast forward to the last day of February 2021. Every week I choose a story from those contributed - a different branch each week - and email it out to the family members I have emails for. Today, I actually started a blog to post the weekly emails so family can see them in one place. Family has mentioned how they look forward to reading the stories each week and how they cry (aka feel the spirit). Each week, more stories come in and I am so touched. Each one is absolutely perfect. Why? Becauser even though none of us are perfect, to share a piece of yourself in a story - that shares what you believe to be important and is meant to inspire another soul, is perfect. As I have lost myself in this project and been able to share a little with my family, I have felt such joy and even appreciation for a pandemic. In wanting to get my mind off of the bad things in the world, I have been reminded, through these stories, of how much good there is in the world to outweigh the bad.