Sometimes getting sick can be a good thing. It forces me to rest more, which helps me think more about life. Recently I read an e-book for the first time that I received as a gift from a new author friend named Cathryn Grant. Since I was too sick too cook for my family, I was able to read the whole book in one day! Granted it took me until 1:00 in the morning, but I slept late yesterday morning. Thankfully Jim lets me sleep late on mornings he works from home and knows I'm sick or haven't slept well.
Another gift that illness brings me is reflecting on the book I read and how different my life is from all the books I read because I have the gospel. It's amazing to think of some of the ideas people have about bad events in life. One of the character's mother gets raped in this book, and her father tells her mother that it is her mother's fault for getting raped! What kind of crap is that? Don't get me wrong - I don't believe in dressing sexy - but it doesn't mean you deserve to get sexually assaulted either. Since I have the gospel, I know that dressing sexy contributes to mens' sexual appetites because of the suggestiveness of the clothes and body. I am grateful that I don't feel a need to dress in tight fitting clothes to gain needed attention of a man.
