The Joys of being a Bishop's Wife

Being a bishops wife can have its challenges.  My husband is gone a lot, so I have to do many things by myself.  He sometimes doesn't tell me anything.  There are so many things that he can't tell me, he forgets to tell me the ones he can.  And I have gotten some pretty strange late night phone calls.  Along with the challenges there are some great opportunities that I probably wouldn't get if Wyatt wasn't the bishop.  This last week I was able to experience some of the joys of being a bishop's wife.  On Thursday we were invited to go to the temple with the Pierce family.  Andrew was taking out his endowments in preparation for his upcoming mission.  It was a great experience.  Then on Friday we got to join the Pierce's at the temple again as we witnessed Nelson and Anne's wedding.  There is always such a special feeling about a temple wedding.  I really love being invited to the weddings.  Saturday we had Stake Conference and Elder Jones from the quorum of the seventy was visiting.  Before the Saturday evening session the bishops and their wives were invited to a dinner with Elder Jones and his wife.  It was a neat experience.  Then we got to enjoy conference together.   It was a great week!  I had three dates with my husband, all because he is a bishop.  It was a little hard to find babysitters, but I really enjoyed the time with my husband.  I also feel really good after all those spiritual experiences.   Now I'm ready to go another month or so.  It's not always easy being the bishop's wife, but I would have to say that the blessings out weigh the challenges.  I really feel like the Lord watches out for us and our family.