Don’t Give Up. Don’t You Quit.

THIS has been a week! I have felt so stressed and uneasy for some reason! I have felt like I haven’t done enough. I felt like I couldn’t make my baby happy. I have felt like I failed.

Laila has been struggling the past few weeks. Her top two teeth FINALLY broke through on Tuesday and it was a beautiful day! No more than 24 hours later though, she woke up from her nap with a runny nose and slight fever. You could tell she was back to just not feeling well.

On Thursday I thought I was going to have a breakdown. 9 hours went by and I had a crying baby for probably 8 of those. Nothing would make her happy and we both were getting frustrated. I told Tyson I may not be alive by the time he got home that day. I was ready to give up and quit.

Around 4:30pm I decided we both needed some fresh air. I bundled us up with sweatshirts and boots and we went for a walk. It was SILENT! The neighborhood was quiet, Laila stopped crying and I enjoyed the peace for a little while.

“Don’t give up. Don’t you quit. You keep walking. You keep trying. There is help and happiness ahead—a lot of it…You keep your chin up. It will be all right in the end. Trust God and believe in good things to come.” – Elder Jeffery R. Holland

Some days are HARD. Some weeks are HARD. And sometimes some YEARS are HARD. But I encourage all of us to remember this quote by Elder Holland. “Don’t give up. Don’t you quit.” I know that if we do our very best and keep trying, good things will come.