A Dusting of the Cobwebs: Some 2010- tragedies

A Dusting of the Cobwebs....

welcome to my blog!
...allow me a brief introduction...

In a reacent conversation with my daughter, her questions were why I, and her Dad were so quiet about our lifes? Meaning writing or telling about our own personal historys.

I didn't think there was anything important to write about. As I was just a normal person, getting up in the morning and getting the day started, getting kids off to school, or meeting schedules of the whole family, cleaning house, and landry. Keeping little ones busy, and changing diapers, comming home fixing dinner, helping with homework, putting kids to bed, watch some news, go to bed. And then do it all over again the next day. Then some days was teaching lessons in Primary, RS, MIA, Sundayschool, cub scouts, or helping at schools, ect. Family home evening, Visiting teaching, and even some Home teaching and being the family schaefer. most of the time we had one car, 6 kids, one working husband. Oh yes, the multi years of music lessons, and baseball teams, coaching, and even one major jumproap champion, for one daughter.

We had trials too. some were very hard, just thinking about a single memory of losing our son, brings tears. But we are told that this life is to meet trials, and how we handle them will be for our own eternal growth.

A very wise Stake President, President Alred, once said "We are here to be schooled in the principles of eternity. We will work by the sweat of our brow, to work our way through this life... But remember we are here to be schooled in the principles of eternity."

So, I welcome you to my blog. Please feel free to stay and go as you please, and wander where you wish. And, as always, feel comfortable in sharing those stories that you may feel are just "an every day" thing as well...

Jun 4, 2010

Some 2010- tragedies

This year 2010 has held unbelievable tragedies.

Homes disappearing in Landslides, terrible earthquakes, Flooding, Volcano's exploding, Mine explosion, Oil rig explosion and sunk, untapped oil leak in ocean. damaged sea life, and sea shores, Embarrassing crazy President, Democratic leadership in the USA has gone wild. Plane crashes, sink hole in Mexico swallowed up 3 story building, tornadoes,Flash Flooding of camping area, Major Flooding in the state of Arkansas. Oil pipe breakage and contaminating streams, and into Jordan River, in Utah. Three major fires in Flagstaff. Its going to be the 4th of July in about 2 weeks and we are still wearing jackets, cooler than normal. Another Volcano exploding causing many deaths in Indonesia. War braking out in Korea. No Work. More People becoming homeless. Family death. In the last month or two, I have known of seven people who have died...

A Dusting of the Cobwebs