Weddings in the Family!
What better thing could have happened in our family than a wedding? How about two weddings! (Although the birth of a few more grandchildren would be extremely high on my list as well. Love those babies!)
I was blessed to witness two of my children marry in the temple in ceremonies that sealed each together as a couple for eternity. Megan was married on November 24 in the Anchorage temple to Kyle, and Jason was married December 28 in the St. Louis temple to Caroline. Both occasions were sacred, joyous, and incredibly touching and beautiful. Words here cannot describe the wonderful blessings that were pronounced upon these young couples as they knelt at the altar of the temple. It is the best start any couple can make as they begin their journey down the road of marriage and life. I am thrilled for them, not only for their choice of a marriage partner but also for their desire to live their lives in this new family unit directed by their Father in Heaven. For I know that is how they have the best chance for success and joy in their lives and in their marriage.
I think back on the years of raising these children and recall the many challenges that accompany being a mother…the sleepless nights caring for them as babies and children when they were sick and later on when they were teens and out late; the thousands of meals I prepared; the loads of laundry I did; the large number of diapers I changed; the trips to and fro taking them to this and that; the countless prayers offered in their behalf that they would be safe, be good, study hard, love the Lord, and someday find the “perfect” companion for them and be worthy to enter the temple to be sealed to them for eternity. That is the goal. It was wonderful to see them reach that goal.
So for two more of my children those challenges I experienced have been all worthwhile as this dream, desire and prayer of my heart has been fulfilled. They are launched and I feel very good about it. It makes me incredibly happy to see them so happy and heading down a good road.
