Trying to Find the Perfect Christmas Tree...

My roommate and I went hunting for the perfect Christmas tree yesterday after school. We decided needed some Christmas cheer to help offset the upcoming craziness of finals. So off to the local Christmas Tree lot to find the perfect tree.

We got to the place and looked EVERYWHERE. Nothing was small enough for our little apartment. Just when we were about to give up and go to the next store, we finally found the mini noble firs! There was a HUGE pile of them. We began to pull tree after tree... too fat, too short, too thin, too sparse, too brown, too dead, too odd. So after about 10 trees, we had narrowed it down to 2 that were... mediocre. But, as you know, mediocre is NOT ok! So we devised a new plan... any that we didn't like we would stack against me, and Cami would keep searching for "the one." (Yes, we rearranged the tree lot... temporarily.)

About halfway through this process, Cami had an epiphany. She stood up and said, "Finding the perfect Christmas tree is like trying to find the perfect man... it will be the last one in the pile. We will want to give up, but we can't because the perfect one will be worth the work!" She was so proud of her correlation!! I just died laughing while trying to hold perfectly still so that the 20 mini Christmas trees leaned up against me wouldn't fall! (I am sad we forgot the camera, because it was a hilarious sight to see!)

So Cami dug and dug and I held more and more trees. Yes, she was right! The VERY LAST TREE that we looked at was indeed the perfect tree!! We didn't even have to compare him to past trees. There was no question! It was quite ironic! Cami just kept saying, "see, it does work!!" So we bought our little tree and brought him home to decorate. We now refer to him as "Atlantis" after Jamie O'Neal's song, "Trying to Find Atlantis."

Lesson of the Day: This life we live is all worth it: the trials, the worries, the crazy schedules, the hard times, the stressful moments, the disappointments, the fears, all of it! It will be "worth the work" if we just stick with what we know is right!! I am thankful for my patriarchal blessing that helps me remember this on days where it might seem hard to believe! Life is GREAT!!

Merry Christmas!!