It isn't very often that I wake up early enough to see the sunrise, and if I do, it isn't by choice, so I don't especially enjoy it. Before I had children, I used to love mornings, but now...?? Let's just say that waking up isn't my favorite thing to do, especially when I am up a few times during the night with a baby. So this morning, I woke up to my crying baby, and children needing things, and I was grudgingly going about getting breakfast going and shuffling around the house in my robe and slippers feeling pretty sorry for myself of how tired I still was. Then Emilie opened the blinds. The sun was just starting to peak over the mountains, and the sky was a beautiful pink, blue and gold that made the whole earth have a pink glow. It was a crisp fall morning, and so quiet and still. I just had to seize the moment. Being the picture freak that we all know that I am, I grabbed my camera to try to capture the moment. "Try" was the key word - the pictures don't do it justice, but I'm going to post them anyways as a reminder to myself. However, I not only seized the moment with my camera, but I took the time to pause from the morning routine and reflect on the beautiful things of life. I, for one, am a bit nervous of what our future holds (OK, more like terrified!), and all the commotion that surrounds us in the world. It seems that there is very little of "peacefulness" (is that a word?) in our lives, but that moment this morning was one of those peaceful moments that Heavenly Father sends us to help us remember that He is still there. I decided to let go of my bad attitude, and look forward to the events of the day with optimism. Yes, ALL the events - even the cleaning bathrooms, laundry, making dinner, and getting all the Halloween costumes on and off and on and off and on again. I am so grateful for little reminders of all that is good in life, like beautiful sunrises!
The picture below was taken last Sunday at Desmonds blessing. We're missing one of the babies, but here are the rest. Starting on the right, Kamden, Kameron, Desmond, Ryan. Aren't they sweet???
When I was looking at this picture, I started thinking about what it must have been like for them in Heaven before they came. I'm sure that they were all good friends. They must have encouraged one another, and cheered one another on as they came to earth just one at a time. I'm sure that their farewells were sweet. I can imagine little Desmond being the last of the group. The others encouraging him that they were just sure that we wouldn't leave him behind....not for long anyways. And yu know, we had no idea that Desmond was going to be part of our family. It wasn't until we knew that these other sweet spirits were on their way, that we felt the prompting that there was one more little person who needed to be with us. Perhaps his cousins were helping to give us a little nudge??? I also imagine these spirits in Heaven promising each other that they would look after each other here on earth. That they would stick together and help each other to succeed, to return to Heavenly Father some day. After all, isn't that what friends would want for each other? Just a thought. Perhaps just my imagination...but maybe not!So I hope and pray that this is exactly what will happen. I hope that these little friends will be a good example to each other. That they'll help each other to succeed. That they'll pull each other up, not down. They are all so different, but they're all so much the same too! They have come to join an extended family that loves tradition, and loves to spend time together. They are all loved by their parents, their grandparents, their cousins, their aunts and uncles, their brothers and sisters, and most of all, by their Heavenly Father! And I hope that they will never ever forget that!
