- Not getting very bad colds every couple of months
- Cuts healing quickly
- Being able to stand for hours in a day
- Having the energy to be social
- Having strong fingernails
- Being able to keep my house clean
- Having the mental clarity to study deep topics
- Not getting distracted easily
Things I used to not understand:
- Relating with people who have to limit what they eat
- Understanding when people discuss chemotherapy
- The loneliness that comes will long-term illness
- Socially awkward situations when others seem to care very much about things that do not matter at all to me anymore, because they are small and really don't matter
- The pain of wanting with all my heart to be able to do something for my child, but being physically unable to do it
- Gratitude for others' willingness to step up and help
- Love for a child who works hard to help her sisters when I am unable
- The physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual enabling power of the Atonement, which strengthens me to do the things God wants/needs me to do to build his kingdom
- The healing power of children singing sacred music
