Great Song

 This song is really sooo good!....titled 

"I Hope You Dance"  you gotta hear it!

                                  Lyrics

I hope you never lose your sense of wonder,
You get your fill to eat but always keep that hunger,
May you never take one single breath for granted,
God forbid love ever leave you empty handed,
I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean,
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens,
Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance,
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.

I hope you dance... I hope you dance...

I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance,
Never settle for the path of least resistance,
Livin' might mean takin' chances, but they're worth takin',
Lovin' might be a mistake, but it's worth makin',
Don't let some Hell bent heart leave you bitter,
When you come close to sellin' out reconsider,
Give the heavens above more than just a passing glance,
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.

I hope you dance... I hope you dance.
I hope you dance... I hope you dance.
(Time is a wheel in constant motion always rolling us along,
Tell me who wants to look back on their years
And wonder where those years have gone.)

I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean,
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens,
Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance,
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.

Dance... I hope you dance.
I hope you dance... I hope you dance.
I hope you dance... I hope you dance.
(Time is a wheel in constant motion always rolling us along,
Tell me who wants to look back on their years
And wonder where those years have gone.)

So good but don't forget this......

 Time is a wheel in constant motion always rolling us along.

Tell me who wants to look back on their years 

and wonder where those  years have gone.......

I HOPE YOU DANCE!!!!

When  you  get the choice to dance or sit it out....

I Really Hope You Dance!! We did!!

        Bump                                      Dottie

 

A life-affirming song with an uplifting, timeless message, it's based on the narration of a mother expressing the wish that her children will step out and embrace life, and take a chance on love and faith.

Dad puts on a program for the family.....

This was a big night for dad and he has been working on getting this video together for a month. I mean he actually worked on this everyday for near a month.  We knew Angie was coming for a short visit and he was hoping to have all the kids here to watch his presentation .....a sentimental guy he put his whole heart and soul into this presentation!  He loved showing our kids and also the dogs we have had through the years and all the good times when they were young and then I look at his face and saw some tears.😢  He loves so much to look at the memories of  yesterday.   Yes he is a very sentimental guy for sure! As he looks at these videos I can only imagine the feelings and thoughts that are going round in his head for I see it in his eyes. We hope to have another viewing of alot more memories in the future and perhaps we then can get all the children here. 💗

The Bible

 Been reading some stories about the New and Old Testament and my understanding is so much better now!! Actually its a childs book but its so easy for me to understand!

I just been reading where Jethro , that is Moses father in law and he said these words to Moses after he parted the Red Sea and made the people safe.  Moses was sooo busy "with people" and trying to help them solve their problems and  listening to many of them complain as they were traveling to the Promise Land ... listening to everyones problems or disagreements and complaining got to be alot!!!  Soon after Jethro said to Moses , this is too too much for one person to handle so what you need to do is pick a few good men that love and reapect God to help you with all these people!! Help them to solve their problems and  disagreements...never thought of it before but this was so good!! and Moses did just that, he picked some good men who loved the Lord to help him with the people and their decision making and problems and have them live according to God's laws.  This book I am reading is so good and gives me good insight into the way it really was back then .   I am Loving it !!  It has increased my understanding so much.💓  Thankful for all the good men of God who serve with our Prophet daily in the church today and are specially choosen who love the Lord and care about all of his people.  The lord did good sending us a prophet and the twelve that serve with him!

life

 Heard a story of a lady telling what a great family life she had come from, I kinda felt sad left out!

 I will say I did enjoy some of my childhood but only when I was with my brother for the most part.  Seems like he was there for me and we were together most of my childhood.

Now at 82 lots of time had passed and I take solitude in the fact that I have had a really good marriage , nothing like my mom or dads or even my sisters.  Guess you could say I saw alot growing up and was very careful when it came to choosing who I would marry! very careful! Joey has been that guy and he has taken care to provide well for our family and me , most days now are routine in these our later years. Kids are gone and life is pretty good!  Problems at times but nothing serious to speak of , lots more good things going on in our lives than not.  Don't get me wrong, I have had to work hard on my own personal problems which at this time many might not know or again maybe you do.  Even so I have tryed hard to have a upbeat personality.  My children, my family , plus people I worked with, my neighbors, all have added to my happiness.  I really want so much to be happy even with my insecurities. So in some things you could say I have struggled.  

No matter I do try to keep smiling!!😀

Some of my Life......

 We grew up poor, depression time and some people were ok and others like us were not.

You weren't given the attention of going to dentist when it was necessary so you lived with what happeded to you and not given much of anything but the necessitives. I remember being in so much pain before they pulled my tooth out.  It was that way with most all the kids except Frankie and Donna . Donna married young left home and got a job with a dentist and Frankie married a fairly rich guy who later got richer.  The rest of us no luck!  We were never taught to brush teeth or get check ups or any of that kind of thing.  Many nights I went to my mothers bed crying because of toothache.  Well one day my face was so swollen up and they rushed me to a dentist finally.  too late!   The lady was new and didn't know what to do.  She pulled the tooth and it sent poison into my face and  they had to take me to a hospital , they cut my face open and I carried that scare with me the rest of my life!!  Teenage years were plain awful!  I was made fun of and said who gave you the blackeye and they would laugh.  I wanted to be pretty like the other girls and my sisters. I only remember being in the hospital and  I must have been pretty young,  I remember I was in a crib of some kind. 

Having friends was hard! A girl named Joann was the only one I can remember who became a good friend even with my imperfections..  School was no fun for me. I actually hated it!!   I wait for the Lord to give me some answers. ....Like, Why Me??

My family.....

 Some pretty special photos I love............

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Clancy

In this movie the little girl tells this man that this is all you need to know about Jesus!!

She makes a book for the war victim that is having a hard time in life.  I am going to try to put that picture book she drew into this entry of my blog. This movie will touch  your heart! She called her book....

 "Everything you need to Know."

A strong belief

 Saw this great movie about a pastor in Brazil and his love of doing work for Jesus.   Told what he went through because he excepted religion. It was very special  and touched me deeply and here is what we believe.....

What does "The Church Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints"" think when it comes to being a good Christian?

 

Mormons as we are sometimes called, view other Christian churches as teaching much good truth, yes even doing good works, and yes we acknowledge their strong faith in Christ!  But we also maintain that all churches lack divine authority and direction to perform ordinances of the gospel because of the "Great Apostasy"!!!  Yes many say come here for its done this way.  Yes there were teachings back yrs. ago that came about but there was no direction. This young boy coming from a religious family and wanting a answer which church was the right one for him to join....this young curious boy Joseph went straight to the source and ask God the.....

 "Big Question".....which one??  With this sincere prayer the Father and His son appeared to the young boy Joseph and Jesus restored the authority and His church back to the earth in  

the order it had been before the dark days had taken over.