Isn't that the most cliche question? So many people have asked this and how many really know the answer? People say, "if you were to meet (fill in with some famous thinker/God) what would you ask him/her?" This is on lots of people's lists.
I had an epiphany tonight as I was talking to Cameron in bed (he was sleeping, of course). I know this answer. Now, I've known this answer for a while, it's not like I just figured it out. But that's the crazy thing. I have this answer, that so many thinkers have contemplated. Simplified it's this: Learn all you can, be the best you can so that when the day comes that you are called home you can return to your Father in Heaven. This is what the Gospel of Jesus Christ is! The Gospel is the answer to the age old question. Maybe it's amazing to me that I know the answer because I didn't always have it. I joined the church as a teenager and many times I wondered why the heck I was here. What was the point to all of it? Everything was made clear.
I couldn't get someone else's opinion on the matter because, like I said before, Cam is now asleep. So maybe it's just me and my crazy tired brain. I know that people get comfortable with the way things are and what they like, but if they would learn more about WHY we do what we do (we being the LDS church) they would see that the things that we are asked to refrain from make our lives easier. I compare my life with the way it could have been or with other people and I don't have the same struggles they do. I choose to do things a little bit different but the outcome is tremendous. All these things go back to that question. It's all about what we do, how we choose to do it, the words we say or don't say. I'm not perfect be any means and I know that I will never be, but I can keep trying. If we would view families the way the Lord would have us we would know that families are eternal. "Til death do us part" has no say here. Why would a loving, caring Heavenly Father part us from those we love so much through death to never be with them again? He wouldn't and he doesn't. The meaning of life is family. With out eachother we would have no hope to get through this life OR to return to God. If EVERYONE knew this and lived it the family wouldn't be falling apart like it is. There are so many in this world who are confused about right and wrong and what is true and what is a lie. The church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is the answer to "what is the meaning of life" and to what is right and what is true.
“Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light"-Matthew 11:29-30
"What kind of existence can we hope for? Those who come unto Christ, repent of their sins, and live in faith will reside forever in peace. Think of the worth of this eternal gift. Surrounded by those we love, we will know the meaning of ultimate joy as we progress in knowledge and in happiness. No matter how bleak the chapter of our lives may look today, because of the life and sacrifice of Jesus Christ, we may hope and be assured that the ending of the book of our lives will exceed our grandest expectations. 'Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him' (1 Corinthians 2:9)."-Elder Deiter F. Uchdorf Quorom of the Twelve Apostles
The meaning of this life is to happy and to experiece that "ultimate joy" that Elder Uchdorf spoke of, with those we love.
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Happy 1st Birthday, Kaitlyn Sophia!
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She is walking and getting into everything. Just what a One year old should be doing!
She is walking and getting into everything. Just what a One year old should be doing!
Life So Far in So Cal
So as many as you know Cameron got a job offer as a flight instructor for a company called Airline Transport Professionals that got us moved all the way down here in Riverside, California. It's about an hour east of LA and 2 hours north of San Diego.
It was a crazy move seeing that we knew that we would be moving in about 2 weeks but we didn't have a clue where we were going until the day before we had to get the truck. Very frustrating. So I had a whole day to try and figure out places to live in or around Riverside. I found that Riverside was a little more expensive than we could afford so I started looking to other cities. I found San Bernardino to be pretty inexpensive and here is why. There are bars on most of the windows, junk on every porch, patio and lawn. Hardly any grass, or vegetation. Not to sound racist, but we only saw 1 white person the whole time we were there. It was a pretty run down part of town and now that we're here in Riverside many people have confirmed our theory, that it's not a good place to live. Even a manager that was going to show us an apt told us before hand that, "this isn't a good place for your family". Needless to say, we didn't see the apt.
So after a frustrating afternoon in San Bernardino, we made our way to Riverside right about the time all the offices were closing. The only apt we looked at we fell in love with. Of course anything that we had seen after San Bernardino would have looked like the Taj Mahal. But this place really is nice and is in our price range. Monday was a holiday so it put quite a damper on everything because we had to wait until Tuesday to be approved for the apt. More frustration, stress, blah blah blah... We are finally moved in, thanks to our great ward members.
Riverside is pretty nice and we're slowly getting use to it. The girls have to share a room which is proving a bit hard because Kaity still wakes up every now and again and she wakes up at 6 AM! this is turn wakes Breanne up at 6 AM and guess what? That means I wake up at, you guessed it, 6 AM. It doesn't help that we forgot Kaity's port-a-crib in WA and I returned her crib because it was on a recall list. We've been using the play yard we bought to keep her in but Breanne so kindly lets her out in the morning. Here's what happend this morning:
I hear the girls stirring and moving about in the living room. I look and see that Cameron is not in bed. How nice, I think, he got up with them so I could sleep in. I try and fall back to sleep. About 10 mins later I hear Kaity crying, then screaming. I don't hear Cameron out there seeing what's going on. What is going on?? I get out of bed to find JUST the girls out in the living room! "Where's Daddy?"
"He's sleeping."
"Where?"
"Next to you, silly." (This is Breanne talking by the way)
"No he is not!"
I run back to the girls bedroom to see if he is there. Nothing. I see if he is in our bathroom. Nope.
"Where is Daddy?"
"He's at work."
"No he's not...."
Sure enough. I call his phone. He had a flight at 5:30AM and apprently told me about it when he got home last night. I totally missed that little nugget of information.
I've already posted pictures on my facebook and videos of Kaity walking and dancing. Please refer to those for all your viewing pleasure.
It was a crazy move seeing that we knew that we would be moving in about 2 weeks but we didn't have a clue where we were going until the day before we had to get the truck. Very frustrating. So I had a whole day to try and figure out places to live in or around Riverside. I found that Riverside was a little more expensive than we could afford so I started looking to other cities. I found San Bernardino to be pretty inexpensive and here is why. There are bars on most of the windows, junk on every porch, patio and lawn. Hardly any grass, or vegetation. Not to sound racist, but we only saw 1 white person the whole time we were there. It was a pretty run down part of town and now that we're here in Riverside many people have confirmed our theory, that it's not a good place to live. Even a manager that was going to show us an apt told us before hand that, "this isn't a good place for your family". Needless to say, we didn't see the apt.
So after a frustrating afternoon in San Bernardino, we made our way to Riverside right about the time all the offices were closing. The only apt we looked at we fell in love with. Of course anything that we had seen after San Bernardino would have looked like the Taj Mahal. But this place really is nice and is in our price range. Monday was a holiday so it put quite a damper on everything because we had to wait until Tuesday to be approved for the apt. More frustration, stress, blah blah blah... We are finally moved in, thanks to our great ward members.
Riverside is pretty nice and we're slowly getting use to it. The girls have to share a room which is proving a bit hard because Kaity still wakes up every now and again and she wakes up at 6 AM! this is turn wakes Breanne up at 6 AM and guess what? That means I wake up at, you guessed it, 6 AM. It doesn't help that we forgot Kaity's port-a-crib in WA and I returned her crib because it was on a recall list. We've been using the play yard we bought to keep her in but Breanne so kindly lets her out in the morning. Here's what happend this morning:
I hear the girls stirring and moving about in the living room. I look and see that Cameron is not in bed. How nice, I think, he got up with them so I could sleep in. I try and fall back to sleep. About 10 mins later I hear Kaity crying, then screaming. I don't hear Cameron out there seeing what's going on. What is going on?? I get out of bed to find JUST the girls out in the living room! "Where's Daddy?"
"He's sleeping."
"Where?"
"Next to you, silly." (This is Breanne talking by the way)
"No he is not!"
I run back to the girls bedroom to see if he is there. Nothing. I see if he is in our bathroom. Nope.
"Where is Daddy?"
"He's at work."
"No he's not...."
Sure enough. I call his phone. He had a flight at 5:30AM and apprently told me about it when he got home last night. I totally missed that little nugget of information.
I've already posted pictures on my facebook and videos of Kaity walking and dancing. Please refer to those for all your viewing pleasure.
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