The Dermody Family: It's so sad!

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

Monday, November 10, 2008

It's so sad!

I haven't posted too often lately for many reasons. One of those reasons just happens to be that Sean cries whenever I get on the computer. How sad is that? I have been trying to sneak in some time on the computer early in the morning, during his naps, or late at night, but even that doesn't always work out. So between Sean's crying, Bill's limited computer use, and my girl's need for their own time on the computer to get their "fix", I haven't been blogging. :/ I know it may be hard to believe, but when I do get on the computer there are other things that I do besides blogging...who knew? LOL. At any rate, things have been crazy around here. Bill was in GA for a business trip all last week, and well there was lots to get done while he was away. Such is life, more posts later!

2 comments:

Lisa said...: They sure seem to want us the most when we're busiest. Jacob gets like that too. He really likes Mommy's attention and I think he feels competition with the computer, my homework, my time with Isabel, etc. It IS sad and contributes to some pretty big Mommy guilt. :(

I hope you find some balance soon. You're a great Mom!; November 10, 2008 at 11:16 AM
Brownie Bites said...: I get the same reaction at my home. They either cry for my attention or they take it as a license to wreck the house.
BTW-I never said Happy Birthday. Love you Jenn. I'm glad I can get my Jenn fix almost every day!!!!; November 11, 2008 at 10:27 AM