“From time to time the question has been posed, ‘If Jesus appeared to you today, what questions would you ask of Him?’ My answer has always been, ‘I would not utter a word. I would listen to Him.’" 

–President Thomas S. Monson

"You say grace before meals. All right. But I say grace before the concert and the opera, and grace before the play and pantomime, and grace before I open a book, and grace before sketching, painting, swimming, fencing, boxing, walking, playing, dancing and grace before I dip the pen in the ink." -G.K Chesterton (writer)

This quote reminded me of two things, one was my childhood and my Dad gathering us together to pray as a family before going on a trip together, or a special event like one of my siblings graduation, etc...we always prayed as a family before meals and before bedtime, but i think it was those prayers at other times that made me realize that Heavenly Father listened to our prayers always.   The second instance this quote reminded me of was when i was a missionary riding my bike with a companion to a town many miles away.  My companion insisted we take a busy highway to get there, so i prayed and prayed as we rode that we wouldn't cause an accident as trucks and cars were swerving around us.  Maybe halfway through our ride my companion agreed that we should find a safer route...so we took a more rural road the rest of the way. As we were accounting this episode to a family we were teaching they said to me, "oh i bet you were glad you were on a safer road and could stop praying..." My reply was, "Oh i kept praying, but it was a prayer of gratitude the rest of the way!"

"You can't act like a skunk without someone getting wind of it."  -Lorene Workman

When i read this quote i had to smile because my four year old is super scared of skunks because as a toddler he and my husband found a skunk hiding out in a grain bin, luckily they got away before being sprayed but ever since our son has been leery of the smelly critter.  On the other hand, i think our almost three year old daughter is intrigued by skunks and her favorite "curious george" episode to watch is the "skunk one." as she calls it.

"It is quite possible to leave your home for a walk in the early morning air and return a different person - beguiled, enchanted."
-Mary Ellen Chase

"Tread softly! All the earth is holy ground."

-Christina Rossetti

"There are years in which nothing happens and years in which centuries happen." -Carlos Fuentes

Five years ago this month, my husband and i were married...It is crazy to think that just six short years ago i didn't even know my husband let alone our three children.  I think back on these past five years and i feel like SO much has happened, even centuries worth but it has gone by in a flash...a beautiful, joyful flash.  I can't imagine my life without this bunch, the little ones and big one.  They are my life!