The van Ormer View

Thursday, November 13, 2008

For some reason, I have not been able to upload pictures! I will as soon as I can. I have a bunch!

I thought I would just put another good word out for www.pandora.com (an on-line free radio station) It is almost time for Christmas music, and it is an AWESOME way to play Christmas music -- without commercials! My favorite station so far is Bing Crosby Christmas, you get lots of fun songs! :-) I listen to great music all day!! It makes my heart happy. :-)

I LOVE the holidays! It is almost time to decorate for Christmas! Next week maybe???? :-)

1 comment:

Becky said...: We drove to Colorado Springs yesterday for the BYU/Air Force football game--Go Cougars! We were pleasantly surprised to find a radio station playing all Christmas music already! Usually I don't want to hear any Christmas music until after Thanksgiving, but it didn't bother me this time. I never thought of trying Christmas music on Pandora. I'll have to try it!; 10:17 AM

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