Family Ties: Happy Father's day

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Happy Father's day

I am so very grateful for the 'Fathers' in my life. My father who raised me, is one of those men you will always look up too.I have so many wonderful memories of working on our hobby farm, mucking out the barn every Saturday with he and I in our matching dungarees ...He and my mother taught us the joy of hard work and the gift of selfless service and of looking on the bright side of everything -For these gifts I am grateful!
My Father in laws is a wonderful man, who has brought me into his family with open arms and never treated me like anything other then a daughter.
My own sweet Ian has become the father I always hoped for my own children. fun, loving, tender, a hard worker and wonderful provider.
To these men I wish a wonderful FATHER'S day - may you feel of the love and gratitude of those who you touch!

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Council of a great man........

I have just been introduced to this new world of 'blogging'..... with the intent of listening to the council of a great man...Pres. Eyring. " I wrote down a few lines every day for years. I never missed a day no matter how tired I was or how early I would have to start the next day. Before I would write, I would ponder this question: “Have I seen the hand of God reaching out to touch us or our children or our family today?” As I kept at it, something began to happen. As I would cast my mind over the day, I would see evidence of what God had done for one of us that I had not recognized in the busy moments of the day. As that happened, and it happened often, I realized that trying to remember had allowed God to show me what He had done. " His experience has helped me to understand the importance of recording my everyday 'Miracles' however great or small, In the hopes that one day my children will grow and recognize the hand of God in their own lives
What a great opportunity for us...let the games begin..........

women who know

Words to Live By....
"Mothers who know do less. They permit less of what will not bear good fruit eternally. They allow less media in their homes, less distraction, less activity that draws their children away from their home. Mothers who know are willing to live on less and consume less of the world's goods in order to spend more time with their children- more time eating together, more time working together, more time reading together, more time talking, laughing, singing, and exemplifying. These mothers choose carefully and do not try to choose it all. "Sis. Julie B. Beck ( Conference October of 2007)