Slippery

I used to wonder what it meant in the scriptures when they would sometimes describe their possessions as ‘slippery.’ {like in Mormon 1:18} It always seemed to me to be a strange choice of words. The same thing happened to the Jaredites when they were nearing their destruction. It’s funny, as I was looking back on this year, I realized that we had some striking examples of that very thing.

At the beginning of the year, we lost some nice things that we hadn’t even had for very long. It was a sobering reminder that things of this life can be so, well, slippery. Another description that comes to mind is the scripture describing things as being in a dream. “And all the nations that fight against Zion, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision; yea, it shall be unto them, even as unto a hungry man which dreameth, and behold he eateth but he awaketh and his soul is empty; or like unto a thirsty man which dreameth, and behold he drinketh but he awaketh and behold he is faint, and his soul hath appetite.” That image always made sense to me, because even as a child I knew what it was to dream something and have it seem so real, only to find it completely disintegrate when I woke.

A few weeks ago we had another reminder of how quickly things can be lost. We woke up one morning and discovered that the Tabernacle was burning to the ground. Just a couple of months ago I accompanied Cuddles with his class on a field trip as we enjoyed a concert by the Utah Valley Symphony with a Tabernacle full of third graders. It was a wonderful experience, and Cuddles thoroughly enjoyed himself. I was so happy to have been able to go with them. That is the last time we were there. And the last time we’ll be there. Maybe he’ll remember it. We’ll see.

photo from here

It’s strange to see pictures of it today and to think about what it used to be. That one we never saw coming. Something that had seemed to always be there just slipped away. Almost in an instant.

It’s good to have reminders to keep us grounded and keep things in perspective. And it’s unfortunate that we seem to need such vivid and stark reminders.

ps: here is a great post for further thoughts on the matter

You are very welcome

If you've seen the recent video that everyone seems to be playing lately, {as seen here} I gotta be honest with you: not really my favorite.
But this one is awesome.

You know, I used to work in that library. {Before they remodeled it.} And I'm wondering how he got that sandwich in there...

It is the Summer of the Soul in December

"This is the best Christmas EVER!"
That's what Cuddles said, and he was just emptying out his stocking; he hadn't even gotten to his presents yet.
Hearing that just warms your heart...even if it is scarcely 6:30 am.

In the end they were pretty excited about their presents, even though pretty much everything on their original wish lists for Santa had been changed after I had finished all my shopping.

He can't stop making this face for the camera lately...

and the telescope you see is actually called a "see mars."
and here is what I got: It is a video camera. to fit conveniently in my pocket. The Professor gets annoyed that I never take videos. Now he is leaving me with no excuses.

a few of my favorite things

I'm slowly working on getting some posts put up that should have been done months ago. So keep scrolling and you might find something that wasn't there before.

In the meantime, it has come to my attention that not all are aware of my tumblr page {or even aware of what a tumblr is.} Here is a link. I keep links to recipes and other cool stuff {like a chicken mansion} in it.