The Dermody Family: What happened here?

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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

Thursday, November 18, 2010

What happened here?

Ever "read" those "Where's Waldo?" books? I instantly thought of those books the first time Sean did this. It took a minute to find him tucked away in the top corner of his bed!!!!!

(This pic was from the first night he pulled this little trick. He was still awake waiting for us to discover his tomfoolery.)

What a nut! Oh it was cute the first few times, but when you have to slip into his room every night and remove all those toys to create a suitable sleeping space, it gets old really fast. Sadly, that isn't even close to all of the toys in his room, and yes, there were times when there were more toys than that piled in his bed. Silly boy.
I'm sure this must fall into the category of "you're gonna miss that when the kids are all grown and moved away," but for now, for this moment, I can't see that ever happening. Me missing cleaning his room right before and right after Sean goes to bed.......nah! I'm not gonna miss that........or at least I don't think so.

3 comments:

Jocelyn said...: borck tries to sleep with all of his cars, which is no fun trying to put away. so now I tell him he gets 3 cars to tuck in with him and the rest he can play with in the morning,
very cute!; November 19, 2010 at 12:55 AM
Jenn said...: It is very cute indeed. Brock and his cars. He sure loves 'em.

Now, Jocelyn, what are you doing up so late? Are you a fellow insomniac????; November 19, 2010 at 7:56 AM
Barbara said...: This reminds me of a scene from "ET".; November 19, 2010 at 2:12 PM