Many of us create
to do lists to remind us of things we want to accomplish. But people rarely have
to be lists. Why?
To do’s are activities or events that can be checked off the list when
done. To be, however, is never done. You can’t earn checkmarks with
to be’s. I can take my wife out for a lovely evening this Friday, which is a
to do. But
being a good husband is not an event; it needs
to be part of my nature—my character, or who I am.
Or as a parent, when can I check a child off my list as
done? We are never done
being good parents. And to be good parents, one of the most important things we can teach our children is how
to be more like the Savior
-
Lynn G. Robbins of the Seventy
Another cool quote I heard this week-
"When your child comes into the room does your face light up? Do they see in your eyes that you're glad they're there?"
-Some lady on the Oprah Show
I am SOO grateful that Jamie is alive and is not laying in a bed paralyzed! Jamie was so strong through the whole thing! You could tell that he was in A LOT of pain but he never complained even once. Believe me, if I had been the one in the hospital bed I would have been screaming, not to mention that if it had been me that I wouldn't be alive after being trown out of a car going 65 on the freeway!! I am also SOO grateful that hard things make us stronger! This brought Jamie and I closer than anything else ever could have a month and a half after getting married! I love my strong husband!
