Pepper's blessing was sweet. My dad and Eric give similar blessings. They're both very...wise, I guess would be the word I would use. Very patriarchal.
Last night Eric asked me what I thought of the blessing, and the part that really stuck out to me was about Pepper's lineage as a daughter of God. I told him how having a girl now is (obviously) easier to relate to. The whole time from when I was 12-18, I heard tons about being a daughter of God and it was truly a big part of my life. And that part of the blessing gave me a glimpse into Pepper's future.
Like Pepper, I have amazing parents who, in my life, have always been strong in the Church and were very encouraging, and so loving. Pepper and I won't have exactly the same childhood and youth, but she'll probably have many of the same lessons learned: she'll probably like princesses, hopefully she'll like cooking with me, she'll have boyfriends, she'll deal with middle school, and she will understand the importance of her lineage as a daughter of God.
Eric and I had a really good talk last night. Well, first he talked about this debate-like thing he was having with some guy on Facebook about religion and science - that got boring after a while. Regardless, I still love to hear his thoughts and ideas. Eric is very verbose. He loves it. I love him for it. It's part of him.
Anypoo, after quite some time of half listening to Eric talk about that, half watching pictures of London scroll by on my computer, Eric and I had a really good talk last night. I don't even quite remember what we talked about, but I enjoyed it. Everyone, Eric and I included, are so involved with our electronic devices these days, that it's becoming more uncommon to just sit and have a good conversation.
He was saying the other day that I don't get nearly as upset with him anymore. I think it's partly because we're both more mature, and partly because Eric doesn't "debate" as much with me. We don't have as much alone time as we used to, so it needs to count.
Well, Pepper is up, it's time to feed.
Monday, March 31, 2014
Saturday, March 29, 2014
The Start of a Blog
I figured I should again start writing down what happens in my life.
Pepper was born about two months ago. She's getting a little better at sleeping which is nice. Henry is back to taking naps again, too. I got to take a nap today. We had a photo shoot this morning (but more on that later).
After nap time we went to the mall as a family (Eric's favorite). Henry played at the "dinosaur mall," and Eric got some new gray jeans at Banana. He's good looking. Not only that, but he's a good dad. He loves our kids.
It's not that having two kids is so much harder than having one kid, it's that having a new baby again is hard. It's the whole feeding, sleep training, crying, entertaining things. Pepper is so sweet - it's like she's a very understanding soul. She knows what I need. She's an angel, but she's still a baby.
I always know when I am supposed to bare my testimony before fast Sunday comes along: This past month has (obviously) been difficult at times. I got to a point when I just felt like I couldn't do it any more. I was tired and frustrated and tired.
I was pleading to Heavenly Father for something, really just any kind of comfort. Then a scripture came into my head, the one about the very jaws of hell gaping it's mouth, but I opened up to D&C 121 and saw verses 7 and 8 underlined, "My son, peace be unto thy soul; thine adversity and thine afflictions shall be but a small moment; And then, if thou endure it will, God shall exalt thee on high; thou shalt triumph over all thy foes."
And that was great. I felt...okay. But it was something that we in the Church hear a lot, and it still wasn't what I needed. Then I read the next verse and broke down: "Thy friends do stand by thee, and they shall hail thee again with warm hearts and friendly hands." Shortly after that spoke with my sister, my long time best friend, and have since been surrounded with friends at various social events.
I just feel so blessed to have a Heavenly Father who loves me, who knows me, and who knows what I need.
Tonight was the first ever Women's conference where all girls aged 8 and up were invited. President Henry B. Eyering spoke and he said (something like), " You will have tests, trials, and opportunities chosen specifically and perfectly for you." It's comforting to me to know that at least some of the crap that happens to me is specifically designed to make me the best me. And I'm not alone. I have my loving, supportive husband who works hard and cares about me. I have my Father in Heaven. I have my family, who I can call any time. I have friends. I have Henry and Pepper. I have Annie.
Tomorrow is fast Sunday and we are blessing Pepper. Look out for an emotional me.
Pepper was born about two months ago. She's getting a little better at sleeping which is nice. Henry is back to taking naps again, too. I got to take a nap today. We had a photo shoot this morning (but more on that later).
After nap time we went to the mall as a family (Eric's favorite). Henry played at the "dinosaur mall," and Eric got some new gray jeans at Banana. He's good looking. Not only that, but he's a good dad. He loves our kids.
It's not that having two kids is so much harder than having one kid, it's that having a new baby again is hard. It's the whole feeding, sleep training, crying, entertaining things. Pepper is so sweet - it's like she's a very understanding soul. She knows what I need. She's an angel, but she's still a baby.
I always know when I am supposed to bare my testimony before fast Sunday comes along: This past month has (obviously) been difficult at times. I got to a point when I just felt like I couldn't do it any more. I was tired and frustrated and tired.
I was pleading to Heavenly Father for something, really just any kind of comfort. Then a scripture came into my head, the one about the very jaws of hell gaping it's mouth, but I opened up to D&C 121 and saw verses 7 and 8 underlined, "My son, peace be unto thy soul; thine adversity and thine afflictions shall be but a small moment; And then, if thou endure it will, God shall exalt thee on high; thou shalt triumph over all thy foes."
And that was great. I felt...okay. But it was something that we in the Church hear a lot, and it still wasn't what I needed. Then I read the next verse and broke down: "Thy friends do stand by thee, and they shall hail thee again with warm hearts and friendly hands." Shortly after that spoke with my sister, my long time best friend, and have since been surrounded with friends at various social events.
I just feel so blessed to have a Heavenly Father who loves me, who knows me, and who knows what I need.
Tonight was the first ever Women's conference where all girls aged 8 and up were invited. President Henry B. Eyering spoke and he said (something like), " You will have tests, trials, and opportunities chosen specifically and perfectly for you." It's comforting to me to know that at least some of the crap that happens to me is specifically designed to make me the best me. And I'm not alone. I have my loving, supportive husband who works hard and cares about me. I have my Father in Heaven. I have my family, who I can call any time. I have friends. I have Henry and Pepper. I have Annie.
Tomorrow is fast Sunday and we are blessing Pepper. Look out for an emotional me.
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