thanks to a rotten tooth

have you ever had a tooth ache before?
if you answered no, consider yourself lucky.
if you answered yes, i have shared your pain.
this last thursday i was watching an episode of house in our home theater. i have been experiencing minor tooth aches for weeks now. i get really bad cavities... :(
but this time it was way over the top. i was keeled over in pain. crying hysterically. it didnt matter what i did it just kept getting worse. i tried an ice pack, i tried chamomile tea, i tried biting my tongue to focus myself on something else. i even tried talking about it to someone whom i knew wouldnt really be able to help considering he was miles away and extremely busy.
so i got down on my knees, and i prayed.
call me crazy but i have never poured out my heart to my savior like that before.
my mom has always told me that everythign is spiritual first, so i knew immediately that this prayer wasnt just going to be about my raging toothache. it was about everything i was goung through, both physical, and spiritual, emotional and familial.
my life is hard. im sure there are a but load of people who have it harder, but for what i can handle, my life is super tough. im not going to go into details because this just isnt the place, but the moment i got on my knees and started praying to my father in heaven, it just all came out.
i was already hysterical from the pain, and more tears started flowing as the words started spilling out.
i went from thankful, to angry, to silent and everything in between.
but wanna know the funny thing? it completely turned me around.
my tooth was still roaring the rest of the night, but my heavenly father just had to get me in a time of vulnerability, and a time of need, for me to really seek him and trust him.
and it was coincidentally right before conference weekend.
i was given the opportunity that day to go to conference, and it almost didnt work out, but i went. and let me tell you. what an amazing weekend.

i got to have a heart to heart with my very best girlfriend, and man did i ever need that. i love the friends i have in alberta, i really do. but nothing comes close to Syd.
Ever since we met in grade ten she has been right by my side when i needed a shoulder to cry on, to vent to. She will always be my very best friend.
and i only have two people that i can really say that about. that i can say that i could really trust to be there in a pinch. neither of them live terribly close, but any time i see them its like nothing ever changed. we pick life up right where we dropped it. and i love it.
There is no greater feeling than that of knowing that you are loved. especially when you can reciprocate that love.

so in short. my perspective has been completely altered, all because of a toothache.
so thank you crappy teeth
thank you very much.