Oh, What a Day!!
Saturday, March 29th, 2008Today began with a service project at a local park. It was the first Elders Quorum Activity for a new EQ Presidency. We shoveled soil, cleaned up leaves and pruned trees. The kids and I spent most of the time gathering the clipped branches and piling them near the street for the […]
Writing in Journals
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008I remember, as a teenager, sitting with my youngest aunt and listening to her read from her journal. (Just a side note: This aunt is exactly 7 days younger than myself. We used to introduce ourselves as cousins in order to avoid embarassing questions and explanations.) The entry described a family […]
Chocolate and a Motto for Life
Monday, March 24th, 2008Life is good, so smile.
That should be the motto to life. I have a theory that if people smiled five times a day (:at least:), half the crimes in the United States could be avoided. True, it’s only speculation, probably not even very accurate, but I like to think it’s true.
Another way to remember to […]
A New Calling, A New Challenge
Monday, March 24th, 2008This Sunday I was called to be the Relief Society Chorister. The problem is that I don’t know very much about music. Oh I know how to lead some of the songs and I’m not afraid to fake it if I have to. But I’m usually better at following the piano than setting the time […]
Dirt in the Garden
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008On Tuesday this week my husband and I spent the day as poll workers. When we returned home after working 14 hours straight, my mother-in-law said she needed to speak with us in the backyard.
For some time we have been working on setting up a garden. We had tried various arrangements with friends and neighbors […]
Recognizing the Lord’s Fingerprints
Thursday, March 20th, 2008Recognizing the hand of the Lord in our lives can sometimes be difficult, especially when our lives are busy with school, seminary, church activities, sports, friends and family. At times, you may feel that “blessings from the Lord” is not a phrase that describes any part of your day. A sister in my institute class […]
Finding Tires and Seeing the Hand of the Lord
Thursday, March 20th, 2008In October 2007 General Conference President Henry B. Eyring told of a special journal he kept for his children. Each day he wrote in it how he had witnessed the hand of the Lord blessing his family. He then said:
“My point is to urge you to find ways to recognize and remember God’s kindness. It […]
