(July 5th) Working on this video and reviewing this year with Freddy has made me reflect on my life a little. I was so crazy in love with Joey when we got married and it was light and happy and giddy and fun. But with the birth of each child - our love changes. It's not as light or as giddy maybe as it used to be, because it's an added responsibility and we have more work to do and more to juggle. But babies! What joy and love they bring with them. And my love for Joey deepens as we work together and exchange looks of awe over these precious beings we've created. I realize that this is it. This is the reason we are here. To feel this joy through this amazing power of procreation.
President Boyd K, Packer passed away a couple days ago and man I loved him. I still remember listening to him as a little kid in our family room downstairs and he said something that made my eyes well up with tears I was so touched. And I felt like he was talking just to me. That was my first experience like that and I've had many since. So Boyd K. Packer has always been special to me.
Anyway - he said this is in his last talk "The power of procreation is not an incidental part of the plan; it is the plan of happiness; it is the key to happiness."
He said - "A tiny body begins to form after a pattern of magnificent complexity. A child comes forth in the miracle of birth, created in the image of its earthly father and mother. Within its mortal body is a spirit able to feel and perceive spiritual things. Dormant in that mortal body of this child is the power to beget offspring in its own image."
Anyway those are just some thoughts.
And here's a nice silly video of our dear Freddy's first year. (I think it's funny that coldplay's lyrics include - you're skin...oh yeah you're skin and bones. .....hee hee)
President Boyd K, Packer passed away a couple days ago and man I loved him. I still remember listening to him as a little kid in our family room downstairs and he said something that made my eyes well up with tears I was so touched. And I felt like he was talking just to me. That was my first experience like that and I've had many since. So Boyd K. Packer has always been special to me.
Anyway - he said this is in his last talk "The power of procreation is not an incidental part of the plan; it is the plan of happiness; it is the key to happiness."
He said - "A tiny body begins to form after a pattern of magnificent complexity. A child comes forth in the miracle of birth, created in the image of its earthly father and mother. Within its mortal body is a spirit able to feel and perceive spiritual things. Dormant in that mortal body of this child is the power to beget offspring in its own image."
Anyway those are just some thoughts.
And here's a nice silly video of our dear Freddy's first year. (I think it's funny that coldplay's lyrics include - you're skin...oh yeah you're skin and bones. .....hee hee)
