I so appreciate everyone's kind comments on Joey's passing date. I was strangely calm that day. Perhaps I will feel it completely later. But I just wanted you to know how much your sweet comments meant to me. You are all so kind!
I so appreciate everyone's kind comments on Joey's passing date. I was strangely calm that day. Perhaps I will feel it completely later. But I just wanted you to know how much your sweet comments meant to me. You are all so kind!
Just wanted to post a link to my latest Nth Degree filming. Still figuring this all out, but I enjoy stretching myself (even though I get VERY nervous the day of filming). :)
You can see it here: Nth Degree "Quantity" Feature Key
Have a wonderful weekend!
Hey, I just looked at the quote on the card again. So my wandering around my house in a daze from creative overkill doesn't mean I'm lost? Well, cool beans!
Here's one about my favorite stuffed animal. I'm not really the sentimental kind. (Don't tell my kids that as I stuff old school papers under other things in the trash. I mean, how long does one keep a math paper?) But my Mom had this stuffed dog when she was a girl, and I had it in my crib when I was wee tiny, and I've had him ever since. "Big Doggy" held a place of honor on my bed all the way through my college days. He's missing stuffing in the middle from several nights of anguished crying and lonely moments where I squeezed him tight. He's been a great friend, and I'm in no hurry to get rid of him. Do you have a stuffed wubby somewhere that you're hanging on to?
And finally a card to round out the display (hee, hee: I'm really tired. Remember I've been up since 3:30 a.m. and that's been 15 hours now). Another Inque Boutique project:
Ok, I'd better stop now. I'm not even sure I will be able to proofread this. Is it to early to go to bed? Think the kids will go for it?
I had the opportunity this week to attend an LDS (Latter-Day Saint) Temple this week to do the work for my little man, Joey. For those of you that are not members of the Mormon church, temples are places of worship in which we make sacred covenants with the Lord to obey certain promises, and in return we receive promises predicated on our obedience to those laws.
In our first attendance as adults to the temple we make those commitments and receive promises for ourselves. After that we stand as proxy for those who have passed, completing their work as living beings. And then we believe that they are allowed to make those same commitments and choices and receive those same blessings (if they are willing and obedient) in the next life. It is always a choice on their part. It is a beautiful continuation of eternal laws and promises.
So this week I watched as my husband stood as proxy for Joey, allowing him to make those same commitments. And I stood as a relative of another person. It was an emotional day for me as I knew that my little man would be in attendance at the temple. I have been looking forward to having us all in one place again.
It was a beautiful experience and as we sat in the Celestial Room, which is a peaceful, quiet room in the temple. We sat and I felt such peace. It is a significant experience in an LDS person's life to go to the temple to do their own work. I, of course, wished that Joey could have gone as an adult and done the work himself. But I truly believe that Joey's life and death have always been in the Lord's hands. It does me no good to imagine or wish him here because he received a great gift in returning to his Heavenly Father. I am so grateful that Joey lived a righteous life and was able to receive his endowments before the year mark of his passing. What a good boy he was and what a good man I am sure he is now.
I love you, Joey!
For more information about the Temple you can read here: Temples and Families or you can visit www.lds.org to learn more about the Mormon or Latter-Day Saint beliefs.
This second one uses the Freshprint "Pear" tablet. Those tablets contain enough paper and embellishments to create tons of projects. I've had mine for probably almost a year now, and it's not even half gone. Love that! :)
Ok maybe now that I've done my morning web surf, I am awake enough to actually get some things done. Here I come loads of laundry, stacks of dishes, and needy children! ;) Have a good one!