General Conference was this weekend. President Monson spoke about change. It was an amazing talk and I hope that I never forget it. He told us not to let the little things in life past us by. He said not to let all the worries of tomorrow give us an empty yesterday. It was such a powerful talk. I was in tears right from the start. I could have sworn he was talking to only me. He mentioned how before we know it, we'll be missing the days of the piles of laundry, fingerprints all over the place, and toys scattered. At that point in the talk, TJ and I looked at each other and smiled. We looked around at our house and had to laugh. Our laundry was waiting to be folded, Kyson's fingerprints were all over our glass coffee table, and his toys were scattered on the carpet. I don't think I'll ever forget that moment.
I hope that I always keep that talk with me. I hope that I remember that a clean house is not as important as I think it is. I hope I remember to tell the people I love how much I love them and not assume that they know. I hope that if I were to die tomorrow, I would not have any regrets about how I lived my life today.
Tonight as I bathed Kyson, I watched him in a different way. I sat on floor and let him splish and splash and play. I watched him with different eyes. I saw the blessing he is to me. I saw this child who can't even say the word "love" teach me what unconditional love is. I hope I never forget tonight.
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6 comments:
Bong, I loved this talk, too. I had the oportunity to translate it beforehand and I loved it!!!
Unfortunately I haven't listened to President Monsons deliver it, yet, but what impressed me the most was that at the beginning he said that he has been thinking for so long what to talk about and this is what he felt impressed to tell us. This talk came in on Friday evening! So, he really took until the last minute to write it. You know he was really concerned about telling us what the Lord really needed us to hear.
I am so glad you enjoyed it so much, and I thank you for sharing your feelings about it.
I love you and TJ and Kyson so much! You are very special to us.
Have a good day!
Bong,
I didn't hear this talk but I am so glad that you blogged about it! I know that someday I am going to look back and miss watching Baby Einstein with Max and bathing and playing with him, feeding him and following him around the house cleaning up after him and taking him to the park and holding him when he falls asleep! I could go on and on and it makes me wanna cry just thinking about it. It really is such a wonderful blessing to be a mom and to share our lives with these kids.
hey abong.. i didn't hear this talk but I am really happy that you blogged about it! I really needed to read that today!! Your blog is so cute and kyson is freaking adorable!!!
I LOVED this talk. I think that my favorite was on the Saturday Morning Session from Elder Perry- the one about "keeping things simple." That was perfect for me.
AND I wanted to tell you that you have officially inspired me to get going on my food storage. So today, I took my coupons and headed to Costco. I was able to get quite a bit of canned food, potato pearls, and all sorts of food storage goodies. Sadly enough though, I spent my "food storage budget" for the month. Next month, I am going to get some wheat from the Church Distribution center and some powdered milk.
Just thought you should know that you stuck the food storage bug in me and I really needed it. Thank you!!
That was such a good talk, it totally opened my eyes too. In fact, embarrassingly, I must admit, I have an obsessive complusive problem and everything has to be clean! With kids, that is way hard and I struggle just letting things go. That talk helped me realize that those are just the little things that can be let go for awhile, they don't require immediate action. I love reading your blog lately Bong, you're such a cute wife and mommy. =)
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