Charity and gossip can't co-exist. Live within your means, so you have enough left over to help other people. Heavenly Father answers the prayers of His children by using other people as a means to help. "Have I done any good in the world today?" Being married is wonderful--show love and appreciation. Make tithing offerings from the "firstfruits" of your income. Our prophet has devoted more than half his life to service in the church. We must be examples of honesty and integrity wherever we go. Preach the gospel...and use words, if necessary. Explain why a child's actions were incorrect, but do not make the mistake of labeling the child themselves--what they do is different than who they are. On the other hand, praise them for who they are and not just their accomplishments. A child is one thing we can never check off a to-do list as being "done" (so I admit, some days, I really wish this weren't true!) Forgive others. Let it go, leave it alone. Temple attendance is so valuable.
Elder Scott and Elder Holland made me tear up a little. Elder Scott's talk was so sweet and full of tender feelings toward his spouse, and it made me want to be a nicer wife. I love Elder Holland's humility and the power with which he speaks. I've said before that I don't often talk about religion on my blog but living in New York City has helped me to realize that my religious lifestyle is 100% who I am, and I'm fine with that. And if Ethan can talk about Jesus with his friends at recess, then I can certainly say the word Mormon on my blog.
Also, we played General Conference hair salon, with very positive results!
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There were a lot of good tidbits. What about the man whose brother died last week? That made me tear up too. And how about Elder Uchtdorf's busting us for texting about him? That was funny.
I wanted to tear up at the man whose brother died, but that was when Mila was kicking me and Lucy and Lane were screaming for applesauce. Uchtdorf is always a hoot.
Your hairstylists are awesome. I'm loving all the accessories!
Those were some great tidbits from conference.
Also, I loved your post about Ethan :)
Thanks for those great tidbits. Conference was great! You and Ben are so stylin'!
Yes. It's better to speak out than not. I shy away from it too...
I love the hairstyles. We played a lot of bingo, did coloring sheets and then just sat back as the Littles destroyed the house. It was fabulous.
Great post! Thanks for being so brave.:) I loved your comments about conference. It was awesome (even without the hair salon)! What stylin' "dos". Elly and Jacob loved meeting you for lunch and the MOMA.
That's hot. We don't get any of that cool hair salon stuff in our house during conference. It's all light saber swinging and coloring during conference at ours. My favorite conference moment was the texting bit from Uchtdorf...I love his sense of humor.
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