Celebrating Something Everyday!: Updateness

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Updateness

I am thankful for Goldfish crackers-they have been the sustaining nutrient in Charlotte's life.

Joe bought new Wallace and Grommit episodes, "Shaun the Sheep." I love seeing Joe laugh.

I hold Xela and rock her still. This is the bonding that means most to her.

I have been creating, reliving, remembering memories with two recent long-term projects. More info to come soon.

Peace!

4 comments:

Unknown said...: can't wait to hear about the projects. Loved the article! I want some goldfish too. Nice music. The blog you have down for Mark and I is my hatch family blog and the blog that I write about my wee one is www.canjanae.blogspot.com
:o); February 25, 2009 at 10:48 AM
Erin said...: Look at how old they are getting! They are all so beautiful.

And yes, I understand the thing about the goldfish crackers. It's a wonder they still gain weight sometimes, isn't it?; February 25, 2009 at 11:55 AM
Josie and Wayne said...: Thank goodness for goldfish. Cute pictures.; February 27, 2009 at 9:26 AM
Unknown said...: I've been looking all over for your #? to tell you happy birthday at the begining of the week. I don't know why I didn't think of this way sooner! I hope it was happy and if I totally don't have your birthday right- just have a happy one anyway!; April 30, 2009 at 2:23 PM

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Thomas S. Monson

Professor Harold Hill, in Meredith Willson’s The Music Man, cautioned, “You pile up enough tomorrows, and you’ll find you’ve collected a lot of empty yesterdays.”

There is no tomorrow to remember if we don’t do something today, and to live most fully today, we must do that which is of greatest importance. Let us not procrastinate those things which matter most.

I remember reading the account of a man who, just after the passing of his wife, opened her dresser drawer and found there an item of clothing she had purchased when they visited the eastern part of the United States nine years earlier. She had not worn it but was saving it for a special occasion. Now, of course, that occasion would never come.

In relating the experience to a friend, the husband of the deceased wife said, “Don’t save something only for a special occasion. Every day in your life is a special occasion.”

That friend later said those words changed her life. They helped her cease putting off the things most important to her. Said she: “Now I spend more time with my family. I use crystal glasses every day. I’ll wear new clothes to go to the supermarket if I feel like it. The words ‘someday’ and ‘one day’ are fading from my vocabulary. Now I take the time to call my relatives and closest friends. I’ve called old friends to make peace over past quarrels. I tell my family members how much I love them. I try not to delay or postpone anything that could bring laughter and joy into our lives. And each morning, I say to myself that this could be a special day. Each day, each hour, each minute is special.”

-Thomas S. Monson, April 2008, Ensign Magazine