The Dermody Family: Kindergarten!

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

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Kindergarten!

Today was a BIG day at our house, Shannon's first day of kindergarten! She was so funny. She primped in front of the mirror for a long time this morning making sure every hair was right in place. Funny enough she was trying to get her bangs to look like Link's, played by Zack Efron, in Hairspray. Isn't that just lovely? When we arrived in her classroom, she all but shoved me out of the door. Shan said, "This is my special day, and this is my kindergarten. See ya later, Mom!" Well, to be honest, I couldn't be more happy to leave you here all day, so toodles! I didn't really say that, but on the inside I was already celebrating. Yahoo...no Boo Hoos here!!! So, now it's just Sean and me! We are living large now! We have already gone on a wild shopping spree at the Salvation Army, spending a whopping $27 and change! Some people just get to have all the fun!

3 comments:

Brianne said...: Congratulations Shannon! I still remember my first day of Kindergarten...I don't remember primping in front of the mirror though! She looks adorable. I hope she enjoys school.; September 10, 2008 at 2:36 PM
Brownie Bites said...: Ahhh the salvation army. That sounds like fun. Especially with only one child that you can still reasonably restrain with a seatbelt. Yay for Shannon. Parker just started as well. He's loving it!; September 10, 2008 at 4:29 PM
Lisa said...: That's exactly how I'll feel when #4 goes to Kindergarten. I figure that by the time he graduates from high school, I would have been raising kids for 34 years!

Tell Sissy I like her bangs!; September 10, 2008 at 5:48 PM