For Beth...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=antUcw20V1w

At a loss...

I had high hopes for this blog, and still do, but really aside from updating the corner box to show the last time I posted on the private blog I am out of ideas.

I wanted to do a few more posts similar to the previous one about love, but I don't know what about.

I would like to ask anyone who actually swings by this blog for ideas about what I can use it for. Please let me know what you think. Leave a comment with some feedback please, I need your help on this one.

Thoughts on Love

I was talking to a friend the other day about love and I realized we had very different views of how love works. I thought I would share the way I intend to teach my kids about love. I think the idea here would make a great and easy to understand FHE lesson.

A large misconception surrounding love is that there is only so much love a person has to give, and then they run out. People with many children are often asked how they can love all their children. Which is why I find the following analogy to be the easiest and best way to describe and explain such a complex thing as love.

Love is not like pie. When you make a pie, the amount you have is limited. You can serve a few people, but the more people who want a piece, the smaller the slices become. There is a limit to the amount you can give. Love cannot be like pie, because in loving a second person, it does not diminish the capacity to love the first person.

[insert pie with demonstration on dividing or photo here]

Love is like a flame. With one candle a person could light other candles continuously. As long as one keeps their own flame lit, there is no end to the number of candles that can be lit from the single flame. Nor is the original candles flame diminished. In fact, it is the same size as before.

[insert single candle or photo here]

One flame becomes many. And all who receive this 'light' are blessed because of it.

[demonstrate using single candle to light many]

When you think of a candles capacity to light, it is the same as a persons capacity to love. As long as a person takes care of them self and is able to love them self, i.e. keep their own flame alive, they are able to love without end. The best example of this would be Jesus Christ who loves all without end or question, but being like Him can seem a feat at times. I urge you to think through the people you know, there is bound to be one person who you know loves you but who you also know loves everyone else. My greatest teacher of this principle was my Grandpa. Everyone who met him, even if only for a moment, knew of his love for them. I witnessed this flame as I had children. I love my first with my whole heart, and when I had a second, it was as if I got a whole second heart to love him with while I kept the first heart as well. My capacity to love increased, rather than dividing between the two.

[Enjoy the pie for dessert after the lesson.]

Not what I expected to see...

Look it up, This is an actual church.

Tagged

Five names you go by -
1. Cynthia
2. Cyn
3. Mommy
4. Hun
5. Jonathon's mom

Three things you are wearing right now -
1. my favorite pj pants
2. socks
3. a huge blanket

Two things you want very badly at the moment -
1. To go back to bed
2. To get a shower before Nick gets home (I am holding out for group nap time)

Three people who will probably fill this out: (This means you are tagged)
1. Jenna
2. Beth
3. Aubrey

Two things you did last night -
1. Got a foot rub from my fabulous husband
2. Did a crossword puzzle while waiting for my tummy to calm down

Two things you ate today -
1. part of a cookie
2. Chocolate milk

Two people you last talked to on the phone
1. Ashley
2. Mom

Two things you are going to do tomorrow -
1. Make Chicken rice soup
2. make bread

Two longest car rides -
1. Moving from NY to ID as a child
2. moving from Baltimore to ID as a pregnant mom with a 13 month old

favorite beverages -
1. Dr. Pepper
2. Chocolate milk

I tag...Jenna, Beth, Aubrey

What happens in the Doghouse...

This is among the funniest commercials I have seen lately. I laughed really hard and anyone who has ever received a bad gift from a significant other should enjoy this as well!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wTg6YB2PRA