The Faith of Esther

I found this blog post which talks about the Faith of Esther. The phrase "and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?" is so powerful to me. We all have specific responsibilities and missions to perform. They are ours alone and God will help us as he has helped His other servants. But we must have the faith to step out into the dark, or to walk into the danger.

http://mormonsoprano.com/2011/01/10/the-faith-of-esther/

We're BAAAA----AAAAck!!!

Ahem...Well, I lost my blog. Probably more appropriately, I lost my mind. But the blog got lost in the process. But I found it today. So, I guess maybe my mind might be on the way as well? Anyway, I have been thinking that I have so many friends and loved ones who have are not around so close anymore, I want to do more with my blog to keep up. It has been a difficult year, with many challenges and things to learn. But as always there are highlights and blessings, which I would like to do better at focusing upon. So, I intend to do that in my blog! How about that!
I have been working at ideas of things we can do better at doing together. So, in the midst of winter, my best idea was this: last week we helped MaeMae make her first snowman. The snow seemed good in the morning, but by late afternoon when D was ready to help us, it had become crusty and powdery. It was quite a task trying to get it to stick at all! So we made more of a "blob" looking thing than really a "man," even though we did add eyes, mouth, arms, and a colorful hat! It was fun and the three of us really did enjoy that and the hot cocoa that followed! Yea for the simple things!