A few quotes that have made me smile of late:

Mom: "Does that medicine taste like berries?"
Amberlee: ".... no"
Mom: "Like bubble gum?"
Amberlee: "....no"
Mom: "...Like peaches?"
Amberlee"... No!"
Mom: What does it taste like?"
Amberlee: "... Bad"
Mom: "It tastes bad?"
Amberlee: "ya, like garbage"
...

Me: "I really have to go to class now"
Amberlee: "Okay... Goo, drive safe...watch out for deer"
...

So, I started brushing my teeth one night before going to bed. Everyone else was in bed and the lights were out. Instead of staying in the bathroom to brush my teeth I went back to my room to work on a bit of homework while I brushed. I like brushing my teeth for a long time. Anyway, I shut my bedroom door so that the light would not bother Amberlee and Autumn who were in the other room in bed. When I was done brushing I opened my bedroom door to go back to the bathroom. Standing, with her back to me and looking up at the door to Doug and Lydia's room, was Autumn. She startled me because I was not expecting to see her there, and I startled her because she knew she was supposed to be in bed. Her reaction cracked me up and I couldn't suppress my laugh. You would have laughed too if you saw her standing there with a shocked look on her face, trying to brush the hair out of her eyes, and wearing the cutest little pajamas. As I stood there laughing I could see Autumns little mind thinking through what had just happened. After a few seconds she put a hand on her hip, and used the other hand to point an accusing finger at me. Then with a very determined and set face she said "YOU should be in BED!!" I'm glad I didn't choke on my toothpaste from laughing!

Prayer of Saint Francis

Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace;
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
And where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
To be consoled as to console;
To be understood as to understand;
To be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.


This prayer was quoted in a talk given by M. Russell Ballard called The Peaceable Things of the Kingdom. While I am not, myself, very good with words, I feel very keenly the sweet words and desiring of this prayer. I am so grateful to my savior who has made it possible for me to learn and improve and become more than I am, through Him. I am grateful to be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I am grateful for the peace and the strength it gives me, and for the deep pure joy that comes from living the way the Lord would have me live. www.mormon.org