ChildrenIn all of God’s creations, children are most wonderful! My only complaint is that they’re grown up and gone before you know it. It makes me stop and think if I have taught them all that they need to know to stay spiritually and mentally strong to face all of life’s challenges and opportunities, if I have helped them to have the character building experiences they need to be successful in all areas of life. Read more…
Here’s a couple more pictures from January 28, 2009
I am truly thankful for all of my blessings. Five blessings that I am thankful for are my beautiful children. This picture was taken at Salt Lake International Airport on January 28, 2009. The day that Abram returned home from serving an LDS Mission to the Chile, Osorno Mission. Abram is 21, Joshua is 17, Lyssa is 16, Nathan is 14 and Anna is 12. All of them are doing great in school and Read more…
I recently read an excerpt from the book “The Butterfly Effect” by Andy Andrews. In it he describes the theory of the Butterfly Effect discovered by Edward Lorenz. In 1963, he made a presentation to the New York Academy of Sciences and was literally laughed out of the room. His theory called the butterfly effect, stated that a butterfly could flap its wings and set air molecules in motion that in turn would move other Read more…
LOVE is an amazing thing. It cannot be purchased or sold. It can be cherished and shared with one or many. The more it is shared the more it touches the heart. Only when we give it away do we truly understand the full measure of it in our lives. Love is a feeling that penetrates to our very soul when nurtured.
Have you ever asked yourself why things have to change? I know that I have many times. I am one of those that really like things to stay the same. It gives me a sense of security and safety. The hard part of the scenario is that when you stay the same, when things around you stay the same there is no opportunity for you to be better, to break out of the status quo, Read more…
I heard a talk recently that really made me think how important each one of us are. There are times in each of our lives that we have a low self esteem and feel that we are inadequate or not worth much. The speaker lovingly quoted the following verses from the New Testament in Matthew 6: 25-34 25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what Read more…