Monday, March 30, 2009





You don't choose your family. 
They are God's gift to you, as you are to them. 
~Desmond Tutu

There is beauty all around
When there’s love at home;
There is joy in ev’ry sound
When there’s love at home.
Peace and plenty here abide,
Smiling sweet on ev’ry side.
Time doth softly, sweetly glide
When there’s love at home.
Love at home, love at home;
Time doth softly, sweetly glide
When there’s love at home.

In the cottage there is joy
When there’s love at home;
Hate and envy ne’er annoy
When there’s love at home.
Roses bloom beneath our feet;
All the earth’s a garden sweet,
Making life a bliss complete
When there’s love at home.
Love at home, love at home;
Making life a bliss complete
When there’s love at home.

Kindly heaven smiles above
When there’s love at home;
All the world is filled with love
When there’s love at home.
Sweeter sings the brooklet by;
Brighter beams the azure sky.
Oh, there’s One who smiles on high
When there’s love at home.
Love at home, love at home;
Oh, there’s One who smiles on high
When there’s love at home.

Text and music: John Hugh McNaughton, 1829–1891



To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there. 
~Barbara Bush

Wednesday, March 11, 2009



"In the end, the number of prayers we say may contribute to our happiness, 
but the number of prayers we answer may be of even greater importance. 
Let us open our eyes and see the heavy hearts, 
notice the loneliness and despair; 
let us feel the silent prayers of others around us, 
and let us be an instrument in the hands of the Lord to answer those prayers."

Happiness, Your Heritage
President Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Pres. Uchtdorf also said:

"Our birthright—and the purpose of our great voyage on this earth—is to seek and experience eternal happiness."

There is a plan of happiness. 
It is not elusive.
It is real.
It is to forget ourselves, get to work
and do the will of God.

He lives for our happiness, as we should live for
the happiness of others.

I pray I can be an instrument in 
the hands of God.