Richly Blessed

I was standing in the checkout line at Wal-Mart yesterday and overheard an interesting conversation between a lady and the cashier.  The lady was buying things for her kids' school lunches.  The cashier asked her, " How many kids do you have?" The lady replied, "I have 5" to which the cashier exclaimed "YOU MUST BE RICH!!!"  The lady kind of chuckled and they continued to make small talk.  As I moved up in the line, I started thinking about this conversation and how society thinks that you need to be rich, have a house etc etc in order to have kids.  I thought about a lot of people I knew who's husbands were getting a University education and they were living off very little, yet have a few kids and are happy.  I thought about how these next 8 months we are living off a student budget, and are far from rich, yet have a kid and are very happy and confortable. 

I don't think you need to be rich to have children, but I do think that children make life rich.

Reasons why I feel Rich:

1. I have the knowledge of the restored gospel
2. I have a husband who loves me dearly and spoils me
3. I have an eternal marriage
4. I have a little girl who makes me smile daily and gives me hugs and kisses
5. Our old car hasn't died yet
6. I have a cozy place to live, not big by any means, but it's a place to call home
7. I come from a loving family
8. I have food to eat
9. I am a wife and Mother (it makes life fulfilling)
10. I get to serve my family and others around me

I have received many blessings and therefor, feel very rich!

"I don't care how poor a man is; if he has family, he is rich"

~Dan Wilcox