Good Thoughts

I was reading a book by Roald Dahl (He wrote Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.) to my 6 yo. and this qoute was in the book. I feel there is a lot of truth to it and decided to add it to the files of my brain.

"If a person has ugly thoughts it begins to show on the face. And when that person has ugly thoughts every day, every week, every year, the face gets uglier and uglier until it gets so ugly you can hardly bear to look at it.

"A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely."
-Roald Dahl

How Do You Do It?

A woman at church complimented me on my children and their kindness, their knowledge and about how friendly they are. She asked me what I do. She even wrote some notes. She asked if they were born that way or if it was something I had done. This is not the first time this has happened. All I know is that it is not something I have done. It is something God has done - whether he did it in the premortal life or this one, I do not know. Incredible joy comes to me through raising my children and I continue to study and pray on ways to be a better mother and how to "keep my home" better.

The White Indian Boy - Book Review

The White Indian Boy was a book that I read when I was a young girl. It was one of my favorite books of youth. After I got married, I found that the book was written by my hubby's first cousin four times removed. (I know it is far, but it is blood.) Anyway, I read it again and liked it again. The second time through was better because I had a perspective on the times, people and circumstances that were going on elsewhere in the country during this time period. It is an easy and quick read and anyone who is interested in pioneer history or Native American history ought to take a look.

Summary in a line or three - A young boy lives with an indian tribe for two years and the cheif's mother adopts him as her own. Very unique view of things. After living with them he lives in the wild west as one might picture in a western film.

Parenting is the most lofty occupation

"After all, to do well those things which God
ordained to be the common lot of all mankind, is the truest greatness. To
be a successful father or a successful mother is greater than to be a
successful general or a successful statesman.
Success in an occupation--even a lofty one--is only temporary. Whereas success as a parent is universal and eternal greatness." - Joseph F. Smith

And There Was Light - Summary Book Review

And There was Light - Book Review
This is an autobiography about a blind man who was key in the French Resistance during WWII. But it is just as much a book about what it is like to be blind. It is also a book about friendship. I liked the book because it was a unique perspective of how a blind man survived being a prisoner of the Nazis. I thought the book would focus more on the man’s experiences during the war, but instead I got a very philosophical view of a blind child and his experiences. The reader of this book should be aware that he will hear the story of this remarkable man from the time he became blind until after his survival of a prison camp. My sum up in two words - Interesting viewpoint. Score 3.5

I will post quotes and such later.