The Storm

"Sometimes the Lord calms the storm, and sometimes He calms the Sailor...and sometimes He let's us swim."

-The Other Side of Heaven

One of my favorite quotes! Perfectly said by a wonderful lady I would love to be like some day:

"The only way to get through life is to laugh your way through it.

You either have to laugh or cry.

I prefer to laugh. Crying gives me a headache.”

-Marjorie Pay Hinckley

People may not remember all that you have said to them, but they will remember how you make them feel.

"Getting It Done A Little Less"

I am still working on my Conference isssue from April.  I know- kind of behind.  As I was reading, I came across a quote by Anna Quindlen.  Elder M. Russell Ballard relates her thoughts in his talk:  

"The biggest mistake I made [as a parent] is the one most of us make... I did not live in the moment enough.  This is particularly clear now that the moment is gone, captured only in photographs.  There is one picture of [my three children] sitting in the grass on a quilt in the shadow of the swing set on a summer day, ages six, four, and one.  And I wish I could remember what we ate, and what we talked about, and how they sounded, and how they looked when they slept that night.  I wish I had not been in such a hurry to get on to the next thing:  dinner, bath, book, bed.  I wish I had treasured the doing a little more and the getting it done a little less."

Since Reading that thought, I have come to realize how quickly the time REALLY goes by!  If you stop and think about it, we really only have them around for five years.  They go of to school and they are at school longer than they are at home (at least in the waking hours.)  How lucky we are to have these little ones.  They are so special, and teach us so much!

"The Joy of Womanhood"

"Women of God can never be like women of the world.  The world has enough women who are tough; we need women who are tender.  There are enough women who are coarse; we need women who are kind...  We have enough women of fame and fortune; we need more women of faith."

-Margaret D. Nadauld

Former Young Women General President

So Many To Learn From!

I am reading a great book called,"Your Child's Strengths," by Jennifer Fox M. Ed.   It is a great book about finding the learning strengths of children.  (It has actually helped me discover a few things about myself.)  Throughout the book it adds quotes, here are a few that just recently caught my eye:

"People do not lack strength; they lack will."  -Victor Hugo

"To think negatively is like taking a weakening drug."   -Remez Sasson

Last Testimony

Just before my Father passed away he and my mom had the opportunity to speak in church.  This is the last testimony he shared:  

"I want you to know that my Father in Heaven lives and you heard me say that Jesus is the Christ, and that Joseph Smith is a prophet of God and President Hinckley is the current prophet of God. I want you to remember that - that I said that."

-Kenneth L. Cloward

Dec 1938 - May 2006