Handi-Kappy Family

Favorite Quote

"I don't want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, wearing beautifully, tailored clothes, my hair expertly coiffed, and with long, perfectly manicured fingernails.

I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels from taking kids to scout camp.

I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches for a sick neighbors children.

I want to be there with a little dirt under my fingernails from helping to weed someone's garden.

I want to be there with children's sticky kisses on my cheeks and the tears of a friend on my shoulder.

I want the Lord to know I was really here and that I really lived."

-Marjorie Pay Hinkley

Sunday, July 17, 2011

The "B" Word

Maddie was hanging out with my sister and her family. They were watching the movie "Step Up 3" and I wasn't in the room at the time but the "B" word was used in the movie and Maddie repeated it, not knowing it was bad. I came a few minutes later and as I walked in the room she said, "they are watching a bad movie, mom." They all laughed and told me how she had used the "B" word and Maddie broke down in tears and was bawling on my shoulder. Through her crying she asked that we go to our room, so we did. After she calmed down and I explained she didn't need to feel bad for saying that word since she didn't know it was bad, I asked why she was so upset. She tells me this, "I made Jesus feel bad by saying a bad word and I don't want to make Jesus sad." I made sure to let her know that she hadn't made him sad, but had made him happy by not watching the bad show and being a good example.

She is such a good hearted kid. I love how she tries so hard to make good choices (besides her attitude towards me) and to be a good example. We are so blessed to have her sweet spirit in our lives.