A Precious Moment

"Should a parent need added inspiration to commence his God-given teaching task, let him remember that the most powerful combination of emotions in the world is not called out by any grand cosmic event nor found in novels or history books—but merely by a parent gazing down upon a sleeping child."
Thomas S. Monson, "Only a Teacher: A Personal Observation," Ensign, May 1973, 27


I love those precious moments when "gazing upon a sleeping child" or watching your husband play with your little girl.  Every once in a while we receive these wonderful moments where it makes it all worth all the hard work.  You feel every ounce of love for your child.  On Sunday I had a free moment so I went to check on Olivia in Nursery. She has only been left in nursery without Mom or Dad for a couple weeks now.  As I was looking through the window and watching her color the picture of a little girl I started to cry.  I think it was a realization that my baby is growing so quickly.  She is still the tiniest thing in there.  She struggled to get into the little chair by herself.  As she colored she was constantly looking for approval and attention from the adults. It touched me. She is big enough to be a nursery girl.  All of my tender, loving, emotions for her came and I sat outside her door with tears in my eyes.  I truly love her and that moment reminded me.

A Local Miracle

This news article is talking about a local miracle that has happened this past week.  These 3 men are members of our Missoula stake.  These men had families and with all that happened there was really no reason for them to live, let alone not have brain damage.  Our stake had a stake fast for them this past week and a miracle happened.  They will all be ok.  It is amazing that we are still able to see real life miracles in our day.  Our Heavenly Father truly does listen to our prayers.

Hunters making remarkable recovery after poisoning episode

Posted: Nov 8, 2010 5:29 PM by Allyson Weller (KPAX News)
Updated: Nov 8, 2010 7:59 PM

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MISSOULA - Two of the three hunters who were found unconscious in their tent on a hunting trip near Lima one week ago have returned home while the third is expected to return home from a Salt Lake City hospital sometime this week.
Randy Cook of Missoula and Brett Butler of Frenchtown are back at home recovering while Carl Saunders of Frenchtown is should be coming home by the end of this week.
The three men suffered carbon monoxide poisoning after spending a night with a propane heater running in their wall tent.

The men were discovered by their sons and a friend who helped save their lives and the victims were taken to Barrett Hospital in Dillon before being flown by air ambulance to LDS hospital in Salt Lake City.

Randy Cook told his friends in church Sunday he "owes his life in part to the [boy] scouting program", and gave an emotional thanks to the young men who cared for the hunters at the scene as well as to the others who drove miles out of the backcountry to get help.
Cook says "a lot of little miracles" combined to "make a larger miracle" and that prayers and support have helped to speed his recovery from the ordeal.

Speaking just days after being in critical condition, he said that the "good things from this outweighed the bad 100 to 1".
Cook's wife added that doctors in Salt Lake City were amazed at his recovery saying that he was "in the top 10% of the worst carbon monoxide poisoning cases they had seen." and her husband also, "wasn't supposed to make it".
A chili feed is planned for next Wednesday at Frenchtown High School to help raise money for the hunters.

A Happy Home

"A happy home is but an earlier heaven. President George Albert Smith asked, '[Do] we want our homes to be happy[?] If we do, let them be the abiding place of prayer, thanksgiving and gratitude' (in Conference Report, Apr. 1944, 32)."

Thomas S. Monson, "Precious Children, a Gift from God," Ensign, June 2000, 5