Strengthened

      I've been feeling weak and overwhelmed with school and work lately. I just wish I could take a break and have my mom come here, or me go to my mom. I feel kinda gypped out cause I don't get to have my mom take care of me during my pregnancy like she did for my sister-in-law and my sister. It sucks living away from home sometimes. I don't feel like going to class or work. I feel like quitting my job so I can have one less thing to stress about. I feel like dropping out of school but I know I'll regret it because I'm so close to being done. Homework is so difficult to do because all my classes consist of working with a group, which adds more stress to my days. I'm up to my eyes with research, papers, meetings, and projects. But even though I've been feeling so overwhelmed and ready to give up, I have felt strengthened. I have felt the hand of the Lord carrying me through what I cannot do myself. At the end of the day I look at all that I have accomplished, despite feeling sick and tired, and know that it was because of His help. I have received the motivation and help that I need to accomplish my tasks of the day through the atonement of Jesus Christ. I know I wouldn't be able to successfully accomplish what I need to do were it not for that. I am so thankful for the atonement and all that it has done and will continue to do for me in my life. 

"My [daughter], my precious child,

I love you and I would never leave you.
During your times of trial and suffering,
when you see only one set of footprints,
it was then that I carried you."