MORE SNOW !!!

FEB.26th Tues,
It started around 5 this morning and didn't stop till about 4 PM. Heavy wet snow. School was cancelled and some business were closed  as well.  I was on the mail run today so things got  interesting with so much snow. The fellows were out early with the plows and I got the walk in front of the house cleaned off before I left for the mail. The streets were cleaned off for an hour and then it built up again. The mail truck was late so I went down to the Family Living Center to work on a shawl and then got the mail picked up and sorted and delivered. I don't believe anyone was around the sites today. The power was off in the Workshops so life was very quiet around Nauvoo.
MARCH 10,Sunday
Sorry I have been negligent in keeping up with this blog. We were struggling with snow and more snow for the past two weeks. The temperatures have been hovering around freezing as well. I have been busy with the usual routine and we are now putting in extra practices for the summer show "Sunset By The Mississippi". I have opted out on taking a preparation day because we are so short of missionaries, so Sunday is my only day to get caught up. We also had an assignment of a paper on the Atonement to be given to President Gilliland.  How do you like all my excuses? One of the reasons I have difficulty writing is when I get so emotionally drained that I don't seem to have the energy and I am not able to put down on paper my feelings. I know that I need to get over it but will try. The reason for the emotion is the leaving of some of the Missionaries. If I thought I had difficulties saying good bye to family....who I will see again I have developed friendships here that will last forever. Even now the tears come as feel the love for them. It was different for those who were on the Westward Exodus. they took most of the family and friends with them. These Sisters especially will probably not be connecting with again and things will not be the same....sweet memories shared. I think of the words of Lucy Mack Smith " We must cherish one another, comfort one another, watch over one another,....that we may all sit down in heaven together." Just as I cherish my association with you all, it is in my heart that we will all sit down in heaven together too.