The van Ormer View: Don't forget to wash your hands, and . . .

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Don't forget to wash your hands, and . . .

I expect our water bill will be going up for the summer -- not because I have to water the grass -- but because I have to water the kids! Yuck!

3 comments:

Cheryl said...: It's always fun to hose down the kids!! It was so hot here a couple of weeks ago, I had Scott hose me down!!; 6:08 PM
Minderella said...: That is so much fun! I had Ben out in the water yesterday too. We have grass though, so not so much mud.

I liked the story about avoiding that lady. That is too funny. She just didn't get the hint I guess.; 7:28 PM
Katie L said...: HAHAHA! Now that is a classic kid picture!!!; 8:53 PM

Who am I?

I am a wife and a mother, my two favorite and most distinguished titles. I have four lovely children who keep me from being vain and selfish. I spent most of my life living in Anchorage, Alaska -- where I found my love, Charles. I enjoy a great many things, and I am good at a few things. I love to sing, run, have deep conversations, bake, do family history, blog, be with family, be with friends, have quiet time (whatever that is?), teach, rearrange furniture, watch movies, go for Sunday walks, attend the temple, observe people (Yes, I am watching YOU!), and I enjoy pondering the mysteries of the World. I love living on this beautiful Earth that God has created. I know who I am and I am grateful to know it. I am a child of God -- and so are you!

Mothers

God bless you, dear friends. Do not trade your birthright as a mother for some bauble of passing value. Let your first interest be in your home. The baby you hold in your arms will grow quickly as the sunrise and the sunset of the rushing days. I hope that when that occurs you will not be led to exclaim as did King Lear, “How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child!” (King Lear, I, iv, 312). Rather, I hope that you will have every reason to be proud concerning your children, to have love for them, to have faith in them, to see them grow in righteousness and virtue before the Lord, to see them become useful and productive members of society. If with all you have done there is an occasional failure, you can still say, “At least I did the very best of which I was capable. I tried as hard as I knew how. I let nothing stand in the way of my role as a mother.” Failures will be few under such circumstances.

-Gordon B. Hinckley