Friday, March 20, 2009

The Good With The Bad (So We'll Know The Difference)

Three things to say today:
1) Remember that young man in my ward I told you about? He was injured in a freak snowmobiling accident and they thought he would die that night. Well, he didn't die that night, thanks to lots of fasting and prayer. He lived until last Friday at Primary Children's Medical Center, where he gently passed away having never regained consciousness. His family is heartbroken, but have had a lot of special experiences while up there. Elder Hales of the Quorum of the Twelve kind of took them under his wing and was a strong support to them. He will be there tomorrow at the funeral, which I think is so awesome that he would fit that into his schedule. Like Ben pointed out, "to mourn with those who mourn." Anyhow, they have asked the young men and young women to sing "A Child's Prayer" at his funeral. Hopefully they can get through it (and me by default)! Death is so crappy. But I am so thankful there is hope in our Redeemer!
2) On a happy note, today Ben shocked me by tricking me into thinking he went to work when he just went birthday shopping! When I walked in from outside he was standing there folding laundry and about gave me a heart attack!! Then he took us on a picnic as a part of the "birthday weekend." I have a great husband. I love him dearly!
3) I got a full body massage this morning as a birthday present from myself. It was totally amazing! I enjoyed myself immensely. And Livi watched some of the special features from "The Lord of the Rings" with me today, and is now calling herself "hobbit" and her daddy "daddy hobbit!" Cutest kid ever, what can I say!
So the moral of the story is: there are weeds with the flowers, there is salt in the sugar cookie, and our first parents were thrust out of the garden of Eden. What can we learn from this? I guess . . . smell those flowers, eat the sugar cookie, and be thankful Mother Eve paid the price on child birth and there are now epidurals. Also, life is fragile, handle with prayer.

6 comments:

Ducksoup said...

you are so funny! i love you. oh, you just give my life a breath of fresh air. happy birthday weekend celebrating. i seriously get so excited for your birthday...just cause i know you love this blessed holiday so much. so way to go ben at being so tricky. another great reason to have married men...he knows how to celebrate your b-day too. and go olivia for being the cutest kid ever. how can she not with you as her lovely mom. i am with you when it comes to epidurals! you rock reeser. happy almost birthday! love yah!!

Ducksoup said...

and i am so sorry to hear that that young man passed away. my heart aches for everyone involved...you, the family, anyone who knew him. i just can't even imagine. how neat of elder hales. i hope the funeral brings much comfort. and i love ben's thought of mourning with those that mourn.

The Farnsworths said...

Oh, I see now why you decided to skip out on our Twilight party. Ah, who can blame you? I'm so glad that Ben was so thoughtful! Birthdays are grand! I sure hope you have a great one! Good luck singing tomorrow, I'm sure to bring tissues. It will be difficult to contain the emotions, so tragic...death is a horrible thing for us...but a splendid thing for those who are waiting to unite with loved ones on the other side. What a blessing to be able to find peace through Jesus Christ.

Thanks for the chats outside. I love this time of year! Have fun watching LOTR, and have a great birthday! We need to do something fun soon!

Ducksoup said...

your new why it's like really cool to be a burdette is so funny. k.j. cracks me up. children are so honest. why do we become dishonest as adults :)

Tamari said...

Happy Birthday Weekend! Sounds like it is off to a great start! I will be having my 14th Anniversary Weekend and I will remember your words and enjoy this time in my life. Life is so fragile...

Emily said...

Well I just caught up on your blog. I thought about you a lot this weekend as it was your birthday. I apologize for not saying Happy Birthday to you, but the thoughts and wishes for you are there. I've wondered about that young man and am saddened to hear he passed, but am glad he's not in pain. I feel for those involved. Amazing Elder Hales was at the funeral! That is special! I loved Nick's kind and thoughtful words for your birthday! I'm happy that he thinks you are so great that he wants to BE you!! What a great brother! haha. I'm glad you've had such a great life!!!