Recently, I visited my aunt and looked through some photos. She has pictures I have never seen before of my grandparents and my dad when he was a boy. As I looked at a certain picture of my grandma I realized she was about the same age as I am now. When I was younger, I looked a lot like her but looking at a picture of her the same age as I am now I can see that resemblance has faded. My dad assures me though that I have many of her mannerisms and still carry myself in a similar fashion. That is comforting because I have always enjoyed having that connection with her even though I don’t remember her very well. She died when I was 12 but for the last three years of her life she was in a nursing home and her body became merely a shell of the vibrant woman she once was. But when I saw that picture of her of when she was close to my age I compared our lives and the different roads we have both taken to get to this age. Continue reading
Author: cksdays
Driftwood
I am a little piece of driftwood.
Don’t mind me as I float by.
No one really notices.
I never catch anyone’s eye. Continue reading
And then it rained
It’s difficult to recognize the problem while it’s happening. We can be overwhelmed or underwhelmed. Either way we could be in trouble. Continue reading
General Conference thoughts: General Priesthood Session
Due to space and time, all talks from Saturday’s General Priesthood Session have been combined.
I realize the Book of Mormon war chapters are not an easy read. My personal experience with them started with excitement and then faded to “Why don’t they ever learn?” In my opinion, they are some of the most easy applicable to our day. They contain great lessons and important warnings for us. Continue reading
Three Gifts – Redux
I have spent a lot of time thinking if I had a child and could give her a gift what would I give? I even wrote a post influenced by Sleeping Beauty. Since that time, I have had other thoughts on the subject. Maybe if I could only pick three I needed to choose more carefully. So I revisit this idea and my old post with some more thought and consideration. Continue reading
Three Gifts
For a long time
I have thought and thought this through
and if I could
I would give three gifts to you. Continue reading
Introvert problem #2
I actually forget or don’t realize I haven’t said a word for an entire conversation. I do better now and add ‘oh’ and ‘uh-huh’ and ‘really’ tidbits. Just some noises so people know I am not mute. Continue reading
General Conference thoughts: Behold the Lamb of God
A small bit of counsel I picked up somewhere along the way in life that I have held onto helps me focus on the Sacrament. I will pass it along to you to see if it helps you. The ordinance of the Sacrament does not begin with the prayer, it begins with the hymn. In fact, if we view the hymn as a prelude to the prayer it helps us begin to focus and be reverent. This means if I arrive late to the meeting and the Sacrament hymn is being sung I wait out in the foyer until the ordinance is complete. Continue reading
Old-fashioned title?
I grew up using the title aunt for my parents’ and grandparents’ siblings. In fact, I remember one time my uncle called and I thought I was too old to use the title so I ditched the title and only used his name when I told my mom who was on the line. Of course, he heard me so when mom answered the phone he asked her why we were on a first name basis. She then asked me about it and it took years for me to attempt to drop the title again. Continue reading
Poor Pumbaa
Grandma brought home a treat
a big old pig for her family to meet.
Pumbaa is what he came to be known
but this Pumbaa was alone without Timon. Continue reading
