A Dusting of the Cobwebs: The Pumpkin and Honey...

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...

Sep 30, 2014

The Pumpkin and Honey...

I was Surprised today by my Visiting Teacher, Sister Emily Lynn.

From her garden she brought me a very Beautiful Pumpkin for the holidays, and a bottle of honey from their bees.

Sister Lynn and I were visiting teacher partners about eight years ago. I always had the feeling she didn't like me.
After finding out who my new visiting teachers were going to be, I have been carrying a grouchy attitude around with me since.

I realized I needed to change my attitude and have a more Christ like love inside. Adding my appeal to the Lord for help, my feelings have been slowly changing.

My heart could not believe my eyes, when I saw the pumpkin.

How grateful I am for heavenly help of change. I realize this is something I have to keep working on every day. It will take a while to completely change the love in my heart. But the Lord knows I am working on it and He helps me.

A Dusting of the Cobwebs