Woke up at noon today after a graveyard shift at the post office and headed over to my sister Sia's house to pick up my son. He slept over last night after going to seven peaks with them for some summer fun. The kids were down the street at the rec center playing and so I decided to give my son some more time with his cousins before going over and tearing him away from them. He loves his cousins. He loves being with them and I absolutely LOVE that he has them in his life to be around. While I was waiting on the porch, I had a pretty great conversation with my brother in law John Satini.
I think everyone can agree that one of the best things to ever experience in this life is love. Love for another person and for that person to reciprocate the love back. But as I talked to my brother in law, I realized that even better than knowing you are loved and loving others is knowing that the people you love have people who love them, even more than you do. I felt that way as I talked to John and we talked about my sister Sia and what a pretty amazing woman she is.
He shared with me that her Relief Society spotlighted her and called him to describe his wife in one word and the word he gave was "service". I got teary-eyed as he was telling me this because that is my sister Sia, in a nutshell. She's always there for everybody with her whole heart and she never asks what's in it for me. I love her so much and am so thankful she's my sister, but even more, I'm so extremely grateful to know that her husband loves and appreciates everything wonderful about her even more than I do.
Just another summer day, lounging on the porch of my brother in laws home, learning one of life's greatest lessons through a simple conversation and appreciating every amazing person the Lord has allowed me to know and have in my life. Pretty awesome stuff. :)
