Thursday, September 6, 2012

When I read Shelli's blog about her trip to Colorado Springs and looked at some of the pictures that she took I had a flashback way back to my mission when I was in Tasmania and witnessed the same kind of thing.  The one picture that she took was eerily similar to some that I took.  It makes you think about the here and now compared to this idea that we use the word eternity to describe, but which cannot do it justice.  To imagine us with a past, this present and then an eternal future is an idea that is still hard for me to grasp.  I realize that I had another similar experience this morning before I came down to my office.  I had to get up earlier this morning so when I woke Sheila up I started that process.  Before she left for work we had a moment and we talked about how we were when we first got married.  We both have our mental images of our lives together and some pictures in our mind about when we were newlyweds.  Here we are 43 years plus with literally 1,000's of 'pictures' of that journey.  Each one has its own story and comes with its own questions.  What happened? Why?  What is this 'life eternal' that we hope for?  And then it really explodes when you see 2 now more then 30!  Can't get over how we are so connected.  I hope that connection is as good of a thing for each of you as it is for us.

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