The Dermody Family: Flashback Fridays vol.6

Journals/Blogs

President Kimball said, "People often use the excuse that their lives are uneventful and nobody would be interested in what they have done. But I promise you that if you will keep your journals and records, they will indeed be a source of great inspiration to your families, to your children, your grandchildren, and others, on through the generations. Each of us is important to those who are near and dear to us—and as our posterity read of our life's experiences, they, too, will come to know and love us. And in that glorious day when our families are together in the eternities, we will already be acquainted."

Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you.
And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts.
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
Which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you,
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite,
and He bends you with His might that His arrows might go swift and far.
Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;
For even as He loves the arrow that flies,
so He loves also the bow that is stable.

Kahlil Gibran

Build Wisely

A HOME IS MUCH MORE THAN A HOUSE BUILT OF LUMBER, BRICK, OR STONE. A HOME IS MADE OF LOVE, SACRIFICE, AND RESPECT. WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HOMES WE BUILD. WE MUST BUILD WISELY, FOR ETERNITY IS NOT A SHORT VOYAGE. THERE WILL BE CALM AND WIND, SUNLIGHT AND SHADOW, JOY AND SORROW. BUT IF WE REALLY TRY, OUR HOME CAN BE A BIT OF HEAVEN HERE ON EARTH. THE THOUGHTS WE THINK, THE DEEDS WE DO, THE LIVES WE LIVE NOT ONLY INFLUENCE THE SUCCESS OF OUR EARTHLY JOURNEY, THEY ALSO MARK THE WAY TO OUR ETERNAL GOALS.

--THOMAS S.MONSON

Friday, July 25, 2008

Flashback Fridays vol.6

Bill says I have to play fair and post a picture of myself when I was in high school. I was given specific instructions from my "sweetheart" that the picture must include a good view of my late 80s, early 90s, Reba McEntire, big hair violation! Rude. Oh well, it's good for a laugh at least. I particularly like the big bow right on the top of my head. Hey, I was only 17 in this picture, so cut me some slack. Trust me, when it comes to digging up old photos, it could be way worse than this. I have to admit that I only played partly fair, and chose a photo that I could at least tolerate being posted on the world wide web.

5 comments:

Brianne said...: Nice bow! At least your picture looks a lot better than any I could dig up from high school. That's a nice picture!; July 25, 2008 at 9:39 AM
another day in the life of... said...: I love it! You must have had they boys going wild! Very pretty, maybe I can say that because I used to have the same hair style...; July 25, 2008 at 2:12 PM
Jennifer said...: JD !! That is a very cute picture I need to know how you got those curls to do that.....yes, I am serious. And I can't comment on the bow :); July 25, 2008 at 9:43 PM
Anonymous said...: That's the Jen I remember! Oh my gosh I'm crying, This picture brings a flood of memories!; July 27, 2008 at 9:26 PM
Natalie said...: You are sooooo cute!! You haven't aged a bit. Love the big hair. Gotta love the 80s; July 29, 2008 at 1:46 PM