A Dusting of the Cobwebs: For Jade Trapp....

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...

Feb 8, 2021

For Jade Trapp....

Many years ago when Jodie, my youngest daughter, was little. She had a great fear that we would get lost when we went on vacations in the car. She was afraid we would not be able to find our way home. This was very real to her.

The day before Vacation I went to the store and bought a map of the area we would be traveling in and a red pencil. Giving the map to Jodie I explained that she could mark on the map the roads we would be on, and she could follow our way, and back home again.

One day Our Heavenly Father told us that he was sending us to a beautiful place where we could learn all about his creations. He gave us a map and red pencils, to follow his way...We call them scriptures. He gave us Teachers to lesson to and follow their council, we call them Prophets,
He gave us familys to love us, and help us on our way home. He surrounded us with the beauty of this world he created for us to enjoy.

Yes we have a loving Heavenly Father who loves us and knows each of us by name. I know He is aware of me and all I have been through, for I have felt His comfort given to me when I have needed it most .....We can talk to him anytime we want, and he will answer our prayers.

(Draft written by mom but never posted 💗)

A Dusting of the Cobwebs