I am overwhelmed with gratitude!!

Thank you all so much for your love and support in writing Christmas letters to Elder Sean Marsden!! I have assembled the package and I will be sending it in the morning. I counted up the letters that he will receive from all of us and it came to a grand total of 38!! What a special Christmas this will make for him. All four of Sean's grandparents and all ten of Sean's Aunts & Uncles FAMILIES (Mike & Lesley, Archie & Julee, Alan & Marivic, Lilian & Cory, David & Chris, Kathy, Stephen & Colleen, Karen & Jeff, Rich & Margaret and Suzie & Steve) participated in sending love. Not one family was left unrepresented. To me that is amazing!! As the years pass, my appreciation increases as I become more and more aware of how supportive our family is.

In Sean's package I included 92 printed pages of "Family Feature Friday" that Lesley has so generously given to our family for the past seven months. What a family builder that has been for all of us to learn more about each other and strengthen our family. Way to go Les!!

I can not imagine a more memorable Christmas than this will be for Sean. You will all be a part of that memory for him.

My most memorable holiday was a Thanksgiving that I spent on a train in Egypt. Meanwhile, all those miles away, my future mother-in-law, was running all over town looking for pickled onions because she knew I would be thinking about them having pickled onions while I was away.

I want all of you to know at this time of Thanksgiving (almost) how much I love each of you. You do inspire me to be a better person. I am so glad that I have the blessing to go through life and the eternities with each of you!! I love you all!!