B+C+B+C+B+C: amigos

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

amigos

I knew before we arrived here that the best and easiest place to find friends would be the Mother's Lounge at church. I pictured myself walking in, parking my skirt in a recliner, and striking up conversation with the breastfeeding mom next to me. And that's exactly how it happened. I've made some lovely friends here and had a few fun playdates. One lives in our building (Breanna, and Brianna thinks we're lying about Hazel's mommy's name), and she's the only other person under age 90. Seriously. The ad for this rental failed to mention this condo was in elderly-land.

Another friend I made at Smith's. The grocery store! How did I make a friend at the grocery store?! Especially since I was in a big hurry, dressed like I just rolled out of bed, and trying to control a preschooler begging for all that crap the evil conspiring grocery store owners put at children's eye-level. But my new friend Jen somehow saw past that, and we've had fun doing lunch dates and a trip to Kangaroo Zoo.

Still.... I miss my friends in Cedar. I had such amazing friends in Cedar. Like the kinds that cleaned my bathroom for me when I was incapacitated post-injury and wiped my kids' bums without thinking twice. Have I ever told the story of how I made my very first friend in Cedar? Twas the day after we arrived from Vernal, and I immediately went to Gold's to unfreeze my gym membership. Post-Pump class, I followed a cute friendly-looking mommy to the childcare to pick up our similarly aged daughters. I blurted out some random sentence that went something like "oh, your girl is so cute! Did you like that class? I didn't. But I guess it was just different than my old gym's pump class. I just moved here yesterday. I don't know anyone. I don't even know where the grocery store is. I think our daughters are about the same age!" Fortunately, Kristin didn't run away from me immediately. Though she may now wish she would have. :)

I kept KDawg busy at the end playing Cinderella for me. Why can't my friends all just move with me?!

But it's ok. We have Facebook. And blogging. And texting. Oh, and I guess there's actual phone conversations... but who does THAT anymore?! :)

2 comments:

Debbie said...: It's okay to really miss friends. It's tough to leave a good friend. Staying in touch is the best.; April 4, 2011 at 7:43 AM
Kristin said...: I. MISS> YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for posting a picture of me without makeup and after having gone to the gym wearing my husbands shirt. At least your cute twins are hiding my rolls. :) That's it, I"m calling you.; April 19, 2011 at 3:25 PM

Quotes I want to remember

"The Lord knows our bearing capacity, both as to coping and to comprehending, and He will not give us more to bear than we can manage at the moment, though to us it may seem otherwise. Just as no temptations will come to us from which we cannot escape or which we cannot bear, we will not be given more trials than we can sustain."
- Neal A. Maxwell

"It is a fundamental truth that the responsibilities of motherhood cannot be successfully delegated. No, not to day-care centers, not to schools, not to nurseries, not to babysitters. We become enamored with men's theories such as the idea of preschool training outside the home for young children. Not only does this put added pressure on the budget, but it places young children in an environment away from mother's influence."
-Ezra Taft Benson

“Perhaps there has never been a time when we had greater need to pray and to teach our family members to pray. Prayer is a defense against temptation. It is through earnest and heartfelt prayer that we can receive the needed blessings and the support required to make our way in this sometimes difficult and challenging journey we call mortality.”
-Thomas S. Monson

“Live the gospel as conspicuously as you can. Keep the covenants your children know you have made. And bear your testimony! Don’t just assume your children will somehow get the drift of your beliefs on their own.
-Jeffrey R. Holland

"We hold in our arms the rising generation. They come to this earth with important responsibilities and great spiritual capacities. We cannot be casual in how we prepare them. Our challenge as parents and teachers is not to create a spiritual core in their souls but rather to fan the flame of their spiritual core already aglow with the fire of their premortal faith."
-Neil L. Andersen

"Certainly there are times when getting the family together to read the scriptures does not stack up as a spiritual experience worthy of a journal entry. But we must not be deterred. There are special times when the spirit of a son or daughter is just right and the power of these great scriptures goes down into their heart like fire. As we honor our Heavenly Father in our homes, He will honor our efforts."
-Neil L. Andersen

President Hinckley admonished both men and women to be nurturers. He said, ‘How much more beautiful would be the society in which we live if every father . . . and . . . mother regarded [their] children . . . as gifts from the God of heaven . . . and brought them up with true affection in the wisdom and admonition of the Lord.’ ”
-Susan W. Tanner

"Children are like trees. When they are young, their lives can be shaped and directed, usually with ever so little effort. Said the writer of Proverbs, 'Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it' (22:6). That training finds its roots in the home. There will be little of help from other sources. Do not depend on government to help in this darkening situation. Barbara Bush, wife of former U.S. president George Bush, spoke wisely: 'Your success as a family, our success as society, depends not on what happens at the White House, but on what happens inside your house.' "
-Gordon B. Hinckley

“I give counsel to husbands and wives. Pray for the love which allows you to see the good in your companion. Pray for the love that makes weaknesses and mistakes seem small. Pray for the love to make your companion’s joy your own. Pray for the love to want to lessen the load and soften the sorrows of your companion.”
-Henry B. Eyring

“Reverent behavior is not a natural tendency for most children. It is a quality that is taught by parents and leaders through example and training. But remember, if reverence is rooted in love, so is the teaching of it. Harshness in our training begets resentment, not reverence.”
-Margaret S. Lifferth

"There is no one perfect way to be a good mother. Each situation is unique. Each mother has different challenges, different skills and abilities, and certainly different children. What matters is that a mother loves her children deeply and, in keeping with the devotion she has for God and her husband, prioritizes them above all else."
- M. Russell Ballard

“As parents, we should remember that our lives may be the book from the family library which the children most treasure. Are our examples worthy of emulation? Do we live in such a way that a son or a daughter may say, ‘I want to follow my dad,’ or ‘I want to be like my mother’?”
-Thomas S. Monson

“Security for our families comes from learning self-control, avoiding the excesses of this world, and being temperate in all things.”
-Kent D. Watson

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

amigos

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