Life....

It's been awhile since my last post so I thought I would reflect on what has happened these past weeks.

Last sunday my Grandpa pasted away.  With this, I had the privilege to make the programs for the memorial service.  This was really tough for me to do.  To see his smiling face on pictures and to reflect on lessons taught.  He is truly the most amazing person t

hat I have known.  He taught me so much about life and how to live it to the greatest ability, which he did.  He was the one who taught me how to cheat at cards.  The one who always made me go find the answers.  And the one who taught me to be stubborn.  

At the service the bishop stood up and read this poem which touched me...

I am standing upon the seashore.

A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean.

She is an object of beauty and strength.

I stand and watch her until at length she hangs like a speck of white cloud just where the sea and the sky come to mingle with each other.

Then someone at my side says:  "There, she is gone!"

"Gone Where?"

Gone from my sight.  That is all.

She is just as large in mast and hull and spar as she was when she left my side and she is just as able to bear her load of living freight to her destined port.

Her diminished size is in me, not in her.

And just at the moment when someone at my side says:

"There, she is gone!" there are other eyes watching her coming, and other voices ready to take up the glad shout:

"Here she comes!"

I am really excited for him to be reunited with his son and family.  I can just picture them standing and yelling "Here he comes!" with great and utter excitement in their voices.  I love him so much and will miss him greatly.  It was really great to get together with my extended family again.  There is just something about family that brings great joy to a person.

On a good note, Noah had his first big birthday party to attend.  He was so excited to go to the 'pata'.  I am still having a difficulty distingusing 'potty' and 'pata'.  Then once we got there, he was like a monkey holding onto his last banana.  What is up with this!!  So excited, yet so shy.  Silly boy.  I had sessions galore that I am still working on getting done.  I have my first bridal session on Wednesday!  Exciting!!  My nephew's brother and fiance are getting their endowments out on Thursday and then I get to be the photographer for my nephew's wedding on Saturday!  Wow, that was a long breath.  Somewhere in the middle I will be editing pictures, taking care of Noah, cooking dinner, cleaning house and then finding time to watch a movie that I probably won't have time for.  

Other than that, life is good :)