First happy thing: The Lord is a Southerner
On Sunday (and Saturday) I had stake conference. An aside before the main story: the stake patriarch said during his Sunday a.m. talk, "I'm glad I had a reason not to watch last night BYU game." Amen, brother, echoed my feelings exactly.
On to my story. The OKC temple president is going home next month after 4 years of service here. They're sad. He told us that one of the things that he'll miss the most is being able to hug the patrons as they come in to serve. It's one of his favorite parts of his calling. "Because you give real hugs back. Real hugs, you don't pull away half-way in like those northerners. I'm going to miss that when I get home. And brothers and sisters, the Lord is a southerner. He hugs like that. He takes you in, embraces and let's you fell his love. Regardless of how the world works to change your norms [whether or not you can always hug someone that way] I hope you'll always love each other that way." :) I'm glad to know the Lord is a southerner. And, I have to say, I am enjoying being back where people give real hugs. And all kind of people hug you--it's a greeting as well as an expression of love. And I am definitely a southerner in that aspect too.
Happy thing # 2: I'm practically an attorney
Today I was walking out of the front office when some clients came in and the receptionist asked how she could help them. I was in the hallway by the time they responded, "Tenemos una cita con Ruth." That's me! The citas are always with someone else, I just help. But they have a cita conmigo. Hooray! It just kind of hit me that I'm an attorney. Only, of course I'm not really actually an attorney yet. But I'm doing the job. [It's actually kind of scary during consultations, because I'm the last word. They're relying on me! ahhh!]
Happy thing #3: I live in gorgeous country
Yesterday I stopped in Muldrow, OK on my way back from OKC (visit to the temple which was a wonderful, amazing, happy thing all by itself. but I'm not talking about that right now). After I left her house, I was driving through the Sequoyah Mountains (a part of the Ozarks) as the sun was setting. There was some cloud cover which made the world golden. The mountains were green and beautiful. And the sunset was incredibly, incredibly gorgeous. I really love, love this part of the world. (No I don't have a picture. Besides trying to hurry to get closer to civilization before dark, I also didn't have my camera).
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