As I was thinking about the talk given by my favorite youngest daughter, I thought about these two scriptures, which I will put together (I have found it useful to juxtapose seemingly unrelated scriptures).  They are both in Doctrine and Covenants section 18.  The first is verse 10 "Remember the worth of souls is great in the sight of God;" and ( Read more... )

I went to Chicago last Saturday so I could be associated with the blessing for Chelsea.  I got in at about 10:00 p.m. Chicago time, and Eric was right there to pick me up.  It seems he was on his second pass of the pickup area before going to the cell phone waiting area.  I got to sleep on the air mattress in the living room.  Eric warned me that ( Read more... )

While running the engine at high RPMs might burn out the gunk, apparently it's not so good for transmissions.  Starting a year ago, the family V'ger got a "service engine soon" light, and would only use second gear to run - not always, just sometimes.  It even happened for a while on the trip to Utah last year.  Well, this year it has happened more ( Read more... )

I just bought a PT Cruiser - mostly because I'm tired of folding myself into a smaller car.  Of course, there is the fun factor.  It is kind of a purple color (I don't dare say lavender), has automatic transmission and air conditioning.  It will probably hold five real size people.  I don't get to put a radio in, because it has one already.  We all ( Read more... )

Thanks to Jeri Lynn for starting off the remembrances.  It was good to see him this last weekend.  It was sobering to see him moving so slowly.  Both Saturday and Sunday he wanted to go outside to look at the garden.  Sunday he went outside through the sewing room and stood looking at the plants just coming up.  It was classic Grandpa.  He always ( Read more... )

I am reading the book of Hebrews.  I am impressed with the way Paul explains the relationship of man to Christ and that relationship to Father.  There are too many interconnections in the chapter for me to tell my feelings about them, except to say that it seemed a real eye-opener to me.