A Peace of Tice: Whom I Am Well Pleased.

Thursday, January 16, 2014

Whom I Am Well Pleased.

Brayden at The Gilbert Temple Ground Breaking Dedication - November 2010

Sometimes I want to run away and hide from my children. Sometimes I truly believe that their ears don't work. Sometimes I fear for my life (and theirs) when I think about their teenage years. Sometimes I think they just don't get it. Sometimes I worry for their future spouses when I find myself repeating things 10 times a day… and then I realize that I have been repeating those same 10 things a day for the last 7 years.

And then, there are days when I am so proud of them I feel like I may burst. Today was one of those days… or more accurately, today I had a moment when I was so proud of my oldest that I couldn't stop smiling.

Brayden's 5th grade teacher emailed me today… here's what she said:

Mrs. Jolley,

I was just saying to my husband that I needed to email you. Brayden said you have a bunch of tickets to your temple. My husband and I want to try it but they only have day time tickets during the week available. If you happen to have any extra tickets we would love to buy some from you. :) Let me know when you have time.

Thank you,
Mrs. ******

Isn't it kinda cool that Brayden talked to his TEACHER about the Gilbert Temple open house? Isn't it awesome that he is so excited about something so wonderful? Isn't it so great that his teacher spent the time getting online to see if she could get some tickets? Isn't it so fantastic that I have hoarded so many tickets that we have the opportunity to give them to our curious friends?

I emailed his teacher back and gave her some of our tickets… and don't worry, I let her know they were free!

Our family is really proud of this temple. Like we built it or something. We feel like it's our baby. It seems like our baby. We have watched it grow every step of the way. It has been an overwhelmingly special experience.