June 21, 2015
Today is
father’s day. This is the third Father’s
day that I have been able to celebrate since Hailey’s birth in 2013. And to be
honest it was just the way I like my holidays. Nice and chill with almost no
rush, a nice dinner, and enjoying my children. Hailey has been ill all day and
running a fever. Guess I let her have too much sun on Saturday afternoon and it
did not go well. Just like me. It has
opened up an opportunity that I don’t get to have very often. To give one of my
daughters a father’s blessing.
To those of
my friends who are not religious or have no belief in my faith I hope and pray
that you will have an understanding heart and mind.
A
priesthood blessing to me is a chance to stand in my heavenly fathers and my
elder brothers place and bless those around me whom I love and care about. And
do as I know that they would do if they where here in my place. The gospel of
Christ, in truth, is about learning to serve your fellow man and to love them.
By doing so you learn of God, and you learn to love Him in the process. There
is no greater feeling in my limited experience as opening up your soul to the feelings
and dictates that the Spirit of God gives to you to bless and help his
children. And as a father I feel truly blessed for one thing. How open He is
with me in those moments, and how he shows me just what wonderful gifts he has
given me through my children.
Each time I
place my hands on either one of my daughter’s heads I feel like I get a small
glimpse into who they are going to become and how they can be used in the
future to bless many tens of thousands of people. I know it sounds weird. But
in my heart of hearts I know that I am going to be there as my family makes a
huge difference in the hearts of many. Hailey was one of the chosen and one of
the brightest stars in the pre-mortal world. I know that she had great faith in
the plan of our heavenly parents and defended it even though she had many
friends walk away. I know how much that pained her. And I know how much she
wants to find them hear. She may never understand how I know all this but for
the simple explanation that God wanted me to know just who He sent here and for
it to be a drive for me to live up to having such a wonderful and power filled
child. A reason to strive to be a better
father and live up to yet another pair of shoes I could never hope to fill on
my own. I wish I could ask my own earthly father if he ever had such hopes and
feelings about me. And weather or not I
even come close.
It fills me
with joy to know that I will be able to see most of this during my lifetime
here on earth. To be there cheering on both of my children as they walk steps that
not even I could. To watch them be stronger that I could ever hope to be in
body, mind, and spirit. What a blessing to me.
I know my father in heaven lives. And I know
he loves me by his actions toward my family. I hope and pray for all of my
family, those who are by family relation and those whom I’ve adopted.
Our little brown baby playing in the water while we drained the pool.
This was Hailey's first ice cream cone. Think she enjoyed it?
Dana could only find this cart at Trader Joes. Hailey didn't mind. Hailey and Bella at the splash pad.
Big girl bed is going well.
Emi learned that she could crawl in, under, and through the coffee table. It had become a jungle gym of sorts. They enjoy pushing the table up with their feet.
Amazing, I'm actually in a picture!
Shannon brought gogurts to the splash pad. Both babies love them!
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