Showing posts with label relationships. Show all posts
Showing posts with label relationships. Show all posts
Friday, December 5, 2008
One preview of pictures from our sealing day
Check out this photo! This was sent to us by our photographer as a preview of her work. I love this photo!!! More will follow...
Friday, November 28, 2008
Getting Sealed!!!!!!!!
Can I tell you how happy Jessi and I are?!!! We received a letter from the First Presidency last week granting our family's request to get sealed. Immediately we went into full operations mode to get all the details worked out with the Temple, our local Priesthood leaders, our families, a photographer, and the Olive Garden Restaurant. The day of all days is tomorrow, Saturday, November 29, 2008.
The day we received the letter, I had gone out to the mailbox to check for new mail. Over the last month or so, Jess and I have been vigilantly looking for that special envelope from the First Presidency. Well, on this day, I saw it in there and freaked out! I hurried back to the apartment and woke up Jess from her nap without any reservation, because I knew she would be absolutely ecstatic. I was right. :-)
Generally, people's reactions have included, "It's finally happened!" We have been through one heck of a "process" to get to this point. I don't want to go into any details, but we had significant opposition from outside sources (in addition to the adversary and his minions), and we are very grateful that we have overcome everything that's come our way. The Lord has answered our prayers, and our family is more than ready to enjoy the blessings of the Holy Temple.
The day we received the letter, I had gone out to the mailbox to check for new mail. Over the last month or so, Jess and I have been vigilantly looking for that special envelope from the First Presidency. Well, on this day, I saw it in there and freaked out! I hurried back to the apartment and woke up Jess from her nap without any reservation, because I knew she would be absolutely ecstatic. I was right. :-)
Generally, people's reactions have included, "It's finally happened!" We have been through one heck of a "process" to get to this point. I don't want to go into any details, but we had significant opposition from outside sources (in addition to the adversary and his minions), and we are very grateful that we have overcome everything that's come our way. The Lord has answered our prayers, and our family is more than ready to enjoy the blessings of the Holy Temple.
Monday, July 14, 2008
Monday, June 9, 2008
Staggering Daggers
This poem was inspired by my first accounting job. :-)
The words come spewing out like daggers.
Feelings are hurt and my soul staggers.
It’s not just her, but it’s him, too.
Symbolic of my feelings, the building is drenched in blue.
Becoming an accountant is one of my dreams,
But working here loses its appeal as she screams.
Where did they learn that anger motivates?
Sometimes the front doors are as hell’s gates.
Staggering daggers: that’s what angry words are.
It matters not whether they come from near or far.
It’s a good thing I don’t drink.
This place would have inspired it long ago, I think.
Who’s to say it’s not rational?!
After all, the problem is international.
Ah, but that is the problem, my friend!
It is to the father of all lies that our knees do bend.
That’s not to say that anger is unnatural in us all.
It is when we are blinded in fury that we fall.
“What is the solution, then?” you ask.
To remember that all are children of God is our first task.
Next, keep your composure, but don’t keep score.
Otherwise, their dignity will be trampled on the floor.
Which one of us is looking to be trampled?!
Love is the thing that needs to be sampled.
Remember that angry words said in fury
Will convict in front of the one-man (or woman) jury.
For such words come forth as staggering daggers.
Now tell me, why is it that she swaggers?
The words come spewing out like daggers.
Feelings are hurt and my soul staggers.
It’s not just her, but it’s him, too.
Symbolic of my feelings, the building is drenched in blue.
Becoming an accountant is one of my dreams,
But working here loses its appeal as she screams.
Where did they learn that anger motivates?
Sometimes the front doors are as hell’s gates.
Staggering daggers: that’s what angry words are.
It matters not whether they come from near or far.
It’s a good thing I don’t drink.
This place would have inspired it long ago, I think.
Who’s to say it’s not rational?!
After all, the problem is international.
Ah, but that is the problem, my friend!
It is to the father of all lies that our knees do bend.
That’s not to say that anger is unnatural in us all.
It is when we are blinded in fury that we fall.
“What is the solution, then?” you ask.
To remember that all are children of God is our first task.
Next, keep your composure, but don’t keep score.
Otherwise, their dignity will be trampled on the floor.
Which one of us is looking to be trampled?!
Love is the thing that needs to be sampled.
Remember that angry words said in fury
Will convict in front of the one-man (or woman) jury.
For such words come forth as staggering daggers.
Now tell me, why is it that she swaggers?
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