LOV N FAM: ALMOST FORGOT!

Sunday, May 10, 2009

ALMOST FORGOT!

i almost forgot to wish all of my dear family and friends who are mothers "HAPPY MOTHERS DAY". i hope you all had great day. if you could endulge me, let me tell you a few things about motherhood:

i never knew how hard being a mom would be. if i had known, i might have been scared and never had kids. it's a good thing that when you are young and start having kids, it is sometimes years before you realize what an emotional journey being a mom is. all that said, i can tell you that i am very blessed to have been given the opportunity to have children, and would not trade it for anything. has it been hard? yes! but i have also had much joy and happiness, and the rewards have outweighed the hardships. i am greatful for my children who have made my life full. i cannot imagine a day without them. i love you jared, joshua, and elissa. thank you for choosing me to be your mother and giving me the honor.

i heard it said that grandchildren are the reward for having had children. that is so true! i love my little grandaughters and feel so blessed to have them in my life. i was thinking about my friend sid who died and never got to know his three grandsons. i cannot imagine never holding my 2 little angels.

now a thought on marriage since this month will be our 3o year anniversary.

john and i fell inlove very young. we did not know how difficult marriage would be and how much work it was going to take to get to were we are right now. we just thought that our love would be enough and that it would carry us through anything and everything. oh! too be young and in love. in the end, it has been that love that has carried us through, along with much prayers, patience, sacrifice and perseverence. has it been worth it? yes! would i do it again? yes! because the rewards have again outweighed the hardships we have been through. life is not a fairy tale with all happy endings, but there are alot of great stories with lots of lessons learned and wisdom being found. there are no perfect marriages because there are no perfect people. there are however, many good, lasting marriages that have stood the test of time. nothing good in life comes without sacrifice and tears, but it is all those tears that make it all that much sweeter in the end. i made a vow to never give up, not on me, not on my husband, and never on my children. i know that they too will face many hardships, but i hope that they have learned that everything good in their life is worth fighting for, and that they too will vow to never give up. may we all find the strength to hang in there. much love to all of you, especially my loving husband and children.

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from the r house blog

Make up your mind to be happy-even when you don't have money, even when you don't have a clear complexion, even when you don't have the Nobel Prize. Some of the happiest people I know have none of these things the world insists are necessary for satisfaction and joy. Why are they happy? I suppose it is because they don't listen very well. Or they listen too well-to the things their hearts tell them. They glory in the beauty of the earth. They glory in the rivers and the canyons and the call of the meadowlark. They glory in the love of their families, the stumbling steps of a toddler, the wise and tender smile of the elderly. They glory in honest labor. They glory in the scriptures. They glory in the presence of the Holy Ghost. One thing I know for certain: the time we have here goes by far too quickly. Don't waste any more time sitting on the bench watching life pass you by.Joseph B. Wirthlin, "Lessons Learned in the Journey of Life." Ensign,May 2001, 35.

FROM LINDSEY'S BLOG

We should not underestimate or overlook the power of the Lord's tender mercies. The simpleness, the sweetness, and the constancy of the tender mercies of the Lord will do much to fortify and protect us in the troubled times in which we do now and will yet live. When words cannot provide the solace we need or express the joy we feel, when it is simply futile to attempt to explain that which is unexplainable, when logic and reason cannot yield adequate understanding about the injustices and inequities of life, when mortal experience and evaluation are insufficient to produce a desired outcome, and when it seems that perhaps we are so totally alone, truly we are blessed by the tender mercies of the Lord and made mighty even unto the power of deliverance.(see 1 Ne. 1:20).David A. Bednar, "The Tender Mercies of the Lord." Ensign, May 2005, 99.

QUOTE TO PONDER

This was quoted By Elder Neal A. Maxwell on October 10, 1978, and posted on my friend's blog. It rings so true to what is happening now, so I wanted to add it to our blog for the rest of us to ponder.

"Make no mistake about it, brothers and sisters, in the months and years ahead, events are likely to require each member to decide whether or not he will follow the First Presidency. Members will find it more difficult to halt longer between two opinions.
President Marion G Romney said many years ago, that he had "never hesitated to follow the counsel of the Authorities of the Church even though it crossed my social, professional or political life". This is a hard doctrine, but it is particularly vital doctrine in a society which is becoming more wicked. In short, brothers and sisters, not being ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ includes not being ashamed of the prophets of Jesus Christ. ..... Your dicipleship may see the time when such convictions are discounted. ..... This new irreligious imperialism seeks to disallow certain opinions simply because those opinions grow out of religious convictions. Resistance to obortion will be seen as primitive. Concern over the institution of the family will be viewed as untrendy and unenlightened.... Before the ultimate victory of the forces of rightousness, some skirmishes will be lost. Even in these, however, let us leave a record so that the choices are clear, letting others do as they will in the face of prophetic counsel.
There will also be times, happily, when a minor defeat seems probable, but others will step forward, having been rallied to rightousness by what we do. We will know the joy, on occasion, of having awakened a slumbering majority of the decent people of all races and creeds which was, till then, unconscious of itself.
Jesus said that when the fig trees put forth their leaves, " summer is nigh". Thus warned that summer is upon us, let us not complain of the heat."

Elder Neal A. Maxwell