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be kind...alright!

This week started out not good and ended much better. I changed my mindset. I thought how Christ treats people with kindness, never judging, caring, and with love. Over the month I have started to go to work only for the patients rather than me going to work really excited about everything. At the beginning of this week I did not want to go in, but I did anyways. I noticed how I started to treat people at my work differently. A couple of Sundays ago I remembered one of the lessons was on how we treat everyone we come in counter with on a day to day basis. That day I thought of a moment when I was going to get some pills at the pharmacy, the woman who I interacted with wasn't nice at all. After I walked off and said some words that I shouldn't have said. We are all humans and we forget things and I'm a lost cause because I can't even remember if I took my pills or not, but anyways. We don't even know why people treat you the way they do, but we can change our attitudes on how we treat them back. I encounter my co-workers every day of the week and my attitude about everything was totally wrong, so I decided I was going to try to act like Christ and try to treat people as He does. It was tough, but at the end of my day I was happier. Happiness is the best thing.
Saturday was the best ever. My dad, mom, Steve and I went up to Snowbird and skied all day. I fell a few times, didn't freeze, wasn't tired, and had a whole lot of fun. It is amazing what new heart can do. I wouldn't have been able to enjoy myself that much if it wasn't for my donor. She is the best thing that anyone could ever give me. For my birthday this coming Monday, tomorrow I got a bracelet with the date I received my gift of life. This gift is definitely exactly what it says it is. I am a changed woman who is so thankful for all her trials thus far in her life. I would change lives with anyone because I know that each and every one of us on this earth has a plan and I am sticking with my plan.

My better half and I on wilbere chairlift

Mom and I waiting to go up gadzoom

All of us at the top

On last Monday I had to check my prograf levels because silly me I already took it. It came back a little low, but they didn't change anything so they are planning on checking it the next time I'm in which is Feb. 4th, right before my half marathon.

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