Things of Importance

Sometimes in life, you are required to assess the things of importance to you. So tonight, I will enlighten you to a few of those things. 

I like to refer to them as the five F's; faith, family, food, fun, and fitness, basically in that order. 

Let's go more into family. As dysfunctional and nontraditional as my little family is. It still remains the most important thing in my life, more specifically, Liam Grae remains the most important thing in my life, aside from my relationship with my Heavenly Father and Savior Jesus Christ. 

Liam Grae is my why to everything I do. He's my reason to push through hard things, my biggest fan, my workout and hiking buddy and so much more. 

Things that I love about my 19 month old ball of fun: 

• his favorite words "uh" and "oh"
• his skills in dancing, especially on the table
• his love for pad thai, curry, and spicy things
• his willingness to hang on my back through every hike I've forced him on
• his patience while I'm away at work and school
• his freely shared hugs and kisses
• his joy when I'm there when he wakes up
• and the list goes on...

Sometimes I wonder what my life would be like if I had made a different choice, if I didn't have Liam. Things would definitely be easier, and there might have been fewer tears, and I wouldn't have had to put a crying baby back to sleep three times while trying to write this, but ultimately, life would hold less importance. A life without Liam is meaningless now. Because in this life with Liam, I have overcome trials, I have grown through hardships, I have connected with people on deeper levels, I have experienced a mothers love, and I have ultimately grown closer to my Heavenly Father and Savior Jesus Christ, which is at the top of my importance list.

There you have it. My second most important thing.