Friends who have taught me-LORI

A prayer was answered that day through a good friend, but she had much more to teach me.

LORI-life lesson she taught me was-ORGANIZATION

I was pregnant with my second child and my husband got a job in Las Vegas. We were excited about the move, especially to have a job with insurance. My baby was 6-months old and I hadn't been to a doctor at all. I wasn't worried though, but sure felt good about having a more secure job (insurance wise). We moved to Summerland,NV it was a more ritzy area and quickly found that friends were hard to come by with their busy already set schedules.

I remember a few months after my move praying with great intent to my Heavenly Father above for a friend, someone who had time to hang out and share with each other and help us each grow. That night I found myself 8-months pregnant and very HOT so we went up to Mt. Charleston on a hike to get out of the heat a bit. The mountain was 45 minutes away from home and while we were there we found a fun hike that went up to a waterfall. Have to mention this side note....while hiking I found myself having to stop a few times, hello I was 8 months along and very big! At one time as I caught my breath my husband,not thinking through his words, said "whats wrong are you out of shape?" WHAT! I let him have it...had to mention that because I will never let him forget that one down...anyway at the top of this hike with this beautiful waterfall I met Lori. Lori amazed me, she had a new born baby being packed on her back...I think I surprized her also being great with child in the belly yet we were both troopers at the top of the mountain.

We exchanged numbers and to my surprize, she called me to hang out. We ended up living only about five minutes away from each other.

Lori was very organized! She was working on creating her own business of storage containers and had quite the gift. She taught me that I could get containers and organize with those...it didn't matter what it looked like inside of the containers but if they had super cute labels on them and stacked in an orderly mannor then volla it worked.
I loved the idea and to this day this is how I organize my closets...filled to brim with Steralite plastic containers.

PRAYERS ANSWERED:
As Lori and I spoke later she shared with me that before we met she had been praying for a good friend. Was it just happen stance that we both prayed for a friend, both ended up hiking the same trail and started hanging out that same week? NO WAY! One of my favorite scriptures in the Book of Mormon says "All things have been done in the wisdom of him who knoweth all things" TRUE!

Thanks Lori for teaching me how to be organized!

Your friend, Jamie