Hands full and loving it (mostly)

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

One a Day 2018 ~ January to March

My one-a-day project last year went pretty well. I allowed myself on rare occasions to choose two favorite photos from the day. I ended up with 336 photos, with about 20 days with duplicates. So that means I took a picture on 316 days out of 365, giving me about an 86% success rate. I'm continuing the project in 2019 and I'm hoping to feel more motivated.

From the first quarter of the year:

January

We celebrated Christmas morning on New Year's Day last year, sicne we were in California the week before.

My last baby's blessing day

Three Months Old

We bought and remodeled a duplex

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Harmony's card for Grandpa's birthday

Lillian's mission call, ready to open -- how she waited three more days, I don't know.

Called to Sao Paulo, where our friends are from!

Taking a sick day

Crazy hair day

Words to Live By

Sharing blesses the giver and the receiver. For the giver, the effort may sometimes feel like jogging uphill feels to me. Even the slightest incline requires so much effort. But once I have made that effort and I’m on the downward slope, I say over and over to myself, “now let the road carry you.” When we are in the midst of a personal challenge, if we can make that huge uphill effort to think of others in need and serve them, then that very act will carry us over our hills of discouragement. And the road can carry us the rest of the way toward renewed purpose and hope. ~ Susan Tanner
When the real history of mankind is fully disclosed, will it feature the echoes of gunfire or the shaping sound of lullabies? The great armistices made by military men or the peacemaking of women in homes and in neighborhoods? Will what happened in cradles and kitchens prove to be more controlling than what happened in congresses? When the surf of the centuries has made the great pyramids so much sand, the everlasting family will still be standing, because it is a celestial institution, formed outside telestial time. ~ Neal A. Maxwell
Our Father also gifted us with the nature to nurture, keen sensitivity to the Spirit, selflessness, discernment, and heroic faith. No wonder our Father placed us at the heart of the family and thus at the center of the plan of salvation. We are the Lord's secret weapon. ~ Sheri Dew
No misfortune is so bad that whining about it won’t make it worse. ~ Jeffrey R. Holland
Women of God can never be like women of the world. The world has enough women who are tough; we need women who are tender. There are enough women who are coarse; we need women who are kind. There are enough women who are rude; we need women who are refined. We have enough women of fame and fortune; we need more women of faith. We have enough greed; we need more goodness. We have enough vanity; we need more virtue. We have enough popularity; we need more purity. ~ Margaret D. Nadald

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

One a Day 2018 ~ January to March

January

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