A Dusting of the Cobwebs: Thanksgiving Day...

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...

Nov 27, 2014

Thanksgiving Day...

Its Thanksgiving Day, and I wonder if people have forgotten why we have a day like this.
A day set aside to remember our blessings and to give thanks to our Creator for them. To live in a country and enjoy the freedoms we have, and remember that many lives were given so that we could.
To have a living Prophet and to be living close by him. To witness Temples of our Lord dotting the world. To turn on TV and watch Conference...anytime! To be able to read Holy Scriptures that testify of Jesus Christ, that he lives, and tell of his life and why he loves us so much.

A day to bring family together, to remember that we are a family, spending time, catching up and sharing our love for each other.

A few times I was giving blessings of someone just taking over or helping with the preparation of all the foods for the day...Mostly James and one year James, Tom and Mike just took over.....What a blessing, I had a whole day visiting with my children. Of course they are grown with children of their own....But that was a gift I will always remember.

Most of the time I have spent days and spending the whole day preparing the foods. And by the time I was able to sit down and visit, the kids were getting ready to leave.

For the first time...this year with no family, just Lynn and I....We decided to eat out instead of working in the kitchen. It was different. We went to Denny's and had Turkey, stuffing, cranberries, mashed potatoes, turkey gravy and vegetables, and garlic bread.

I had made a cherry pie this morning, so when we came home we had pie and ice cream.

I missed my family, ,... their laughter and stories, things happening in their families, their dreams and hopes, how they are growing, and grandchildren.
I have Pauli close by, but they will be moving sometime soon.

I am beginning to think young folks are so busy,... just trying to live, ...that they forget their own family that has taken care of them their whole life. And are somewhere in the back memories, ...somewhere.....

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Lynn said that on Thanksgiving most families eat Dinner and watch Football....
today we ate Dinner and watched Jurassic Park!....

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A Dusting of the Cobwebs