Great Blog Hop yesterday! It will be open all week so you can still write your posts about a family mission statement or about any part of The Family Proclamation and link up. The next blog hop is this Thursday: Family Proclamation Photo Essay. Just show us several photos of your family with captions taken from The Family: A Proclamation to the World. Take a look at last year’s photo essay blog hop for ideas.
Don’t forget to visit The Red Headed Hostess, Welcome to the Madness, and We Talk of Christ today to see what wonderful goodness they have about the Family Proclamation!
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That scene is one that sticks in my mind, too.
I think glimpses of forever come in the sweet moments, that can make the harder moments seem more do-able. The sweetness gives perspective for what eternity can feel like.
p.s. I think crying is totally ok. Humor is good, but so is some of the other emotion that comes with this mortal experience.
I’m so thankful that we know our family is eternal! Thanks for your post today 🙂
in our family we have a hard time taking life to seriously as well…
Isn’t the reunion at the end of it all going to be great?! I look forward to the joy that we will have as we each get to be together for ETERNITY! Thank you for you post today.
I’m so thankful to know that families are eternal. It makes losing grandparents and others so much easier to think that it’s just a temporary separation. I think we all have those days when we wonder if we really want our family with us forever. Thankfully the good times are more plentiful! 🙂
Knowing that families are eternal gets me through every day. Thanks for you blog
What a great post!!! I can’t wait to check out your blog.
Thanks so much for the perspective you give in this post — life is hard, but it’s no reason to be sad 🙂
Looking forward to checking out your blog now…
Your sense of humor made me smile. That’s how we deal around here most of the time — handle everything with a smile somewhere in the mix. Thanks for sharing!
what a wonderful testimony!! Humor is the best way to heal and deal with life’s troubles.
That’s my favorite part of the movie too and the only part I remember about it.
Beautiful post. Love the humor behind the grief. Love that she cries and still laughs too! I hope heavenly Father sends her blessings her way for sharing her. You never know when you might bless someone’s life by what you say!
Thank you for your post. It’s a good perspective to have.
Laugher goes a long ways. My husband has cancer and at the last appointment his Dr told him to keep up with is positive attitude and good humor. He said “it’s working good for you.” They thought that he would be in the hospital by now fighting for his life, but he is doing better than what they predicted. If his blood values continue to drop in the fashion they have been he could have a couple more years left. I am grateful to have the knowledge of the gospel in my life it helps us to focus on the things that are important and to find peace and joy in our daily lives. Happiness and Laugher heals.
This knowledge is SO important to me. When I was struggling with my testimony this truth kept me going.
I think I need to lighten up more and not be so serious! I;m a work-in-progress!
I love your “I might be enlightened but I’m still human!)” comment! Thank you for sharing and putting such a positive spin on it.
We, my family and I, went through a two year span where we had 6 if our loved ones leave this mortality, 3 being parents. It was a tough time but I am so grateful for the comforter and the knowledge that families are eternal.
I’m learning about being real in my writing and life and laughing at myself.
Thank you for your post. My Father passed away a year ago and I am excited to do his temple work!
Lovely post. I’d gladly take laundry in heaven rather than, say, bathroom cleaning. Oh, please tell me that Heaven has self cleaning baths. Or, better, that angels have no need of baths….
Love your perspective. Going through trials it is sometimes hard to remember to have that eternal perspective, but that is what pulls us through.
Our goal as a family is to have No Empty Chairs in the Celestial Kingdom. I enjoyed the thoughts in the post today. Life should be fun and filled with joy!
Keep on enjoying the moments!
Thank you all for your comments – I need to run around and visit everyone now!!!
Thanks for your post. I’m with you on Heaven having no laundry. I love knowing as crazy as they drive me sometimes that I have an eternal family
It can be hard to move from the “right now” picture to the “eternal” picture, when you’re in the middle of the muck. Thank you for this!
perfect post for today. thank you.
what a funny title..