Vision: Tender Moments

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Tender Moments

1. Driving home in the car Eve yells out "Mommy, I love you"! I respond with an energetic Motherese voice"I love you Eve!" and we went back and forth repeating those very words the whole way home.

2. A few weeks ago we were driving from San Diego to Utah and we stopped in St. George to walk on temple grounds. Eve was being a pill a good portion of the way that I just wanted to fly away and dissapear, but as soon as we step foot into the visitor center her countenance changed. She held my hand and pointed to every picture the Savior was in, saying "Jesus" with the biggest smile. When we reached the Christus she listen intently as the presentation began. She just wanted to run up to the statue of Christ. She kept saying the Lord's name over and over again in such a tender and loving way. Mark and I made eye contact with one another and just embraced that SWEET moment. For a brief moment I actually felt like a good parent. I got to be honest most of the time I don't feel that way because I feel like my daughter wants to be a little terror and I'm so stinking hard on myself it's insane, but like I mention earlier it was so beautiful to see her so HAPPY & FULL OF LIGHT! It was at this moment I understood what the Lord was saying when he said "Behold your little ones"

*I Know it seems like I fell off the face of the earth. It's kind of felt that way actually, but I will slowly but surely give the update on what's been going on these past 5 months. Crazy! Bear with me my Ohana:)

5 comments:

Unknown said...: I LOVE those moments too, seem to get us through! Hope all is well, and next time you are in san diego, let me know!; November 11, 2009 at 6:35 AM
Unknown said...: somehow i'm signed in as cj, but its me of course, lace; November 11, 2009 at 6:35 AM
Scott & Tami said...: Ah, that IS so precious!!! Love you Nita!; November 11, 2009 at 8:24 AM
The Shoemate's said...: Your an awesome parent! Your teaching her who Jesus is...and she just showed you she knows! That is amazing! I am proud of you.; November 12, 2009 at 8:20 PM
John, Mica, Jackson, Grace, Kai, and Lucy said...: I love your tender moments. Don't be too hard on yourself, you are a great parent, and one day Eve will realize it too... One thing is sure, she loves Jesus! How neat! She loves you too, otherwise she wouldn't feel like she could get away with so much with you.; November 13, 2009 at 3:44 PM

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I feel that Heavenly Father has blessed me with the desire to play softball. The fact that the Lord was guiding me to play softball became more evident to me when I was offered a scholarship to play ball at BYU-Hawaii. The thought of attending BYU-Hawaii just seemed right and good at the time so I attended college there. My first year in college I was so excited to learn, play, and party. I discovered real soon that the students who attended the university had fun without drinking. I also discovered that the people were faithful and they had a strong sense of purpose and Identity. This compelled me to go on a spiritual search. I decided to take the lessons from the missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As I took the lessons I was taught things that I heard before and things that were new to me. Such as the Book of Mormon and the prophet Joseph Smith. These were things that were a challenge for me to believe. So I took these challenges up to the Lord and I asked him if the Book of Mormon is the word of God and if Joseph Smith was a true prophet of God. I'm so delighted to share with you that I do know that the Book of Mormon is true and that the Prophet Joseph Smith was a true prophet of God. I know that it's true because of the power of the Holy Spirit, because of these truths and much more I decided to be baptized and serve the Lord. Getting baptized was the best decision I ever made. It's because of this choice that I enjoy the blessing of life today. The church is true and I find myself indebt to the Lord forever.