Thornton Mom

My wonderful Elizabeth.  She was inducted into the National Junior Honor Society yesterday.  She was very excited.  I am so proud of her.  She works so hard at school and tries so hard to be good.  Her teachers think she is wonderful and she is such a good girl.  This is what I wanted.  This is what I hoped for my children in living away from Utah.  That their goodness would radiate and impact the lives of those around them.  Elizabeth is a living example of that.  I am so so proud of her. ook of Mormon, Alma 26:19 "19  Oh then, why did he not consign us to an awful destruction, yea, why did he not let the sword of his justice fall upon us, and doom us to eternal despair ?" God is always merciful. Even to the wicked. He gives us every chance He can to change. He will provide every opportunity we need to chang...

JD's Buddies  Recently I was able to go on a field trip with John Derek.  It was fun to spend time with him.  As I watched him interact with the people around him I was amazed to see how much influence he has.  Everyone wanted to be with John Derek.  If he switched to something else they would switch.  If he said to move on they moved on.  I love seeing him be a leader instead of a follower.  Butterflies by John Derek When he first was in Kindergarten he was a follower and the people he followed were not good examples.  The Lord told me to hold him back a year, this put him as the oldest in his class and he shines.  He is a leader, he is still kind and concerned about others.  Viewing Water Creatures We loved the field trip, he took pictures of butterflies and even got to look at different creatures that live in wetlands.  We concluded with Daddy joining us for lunch.  It was a delight to be with my buddy. ...

Derek was at work and had called needing me to get on the computer for him.  While I was looking something up Maddie and her friend dumped every toy in the play room into a big pile.  How did they know that I needed to go through all the toys and make sure they were in the right bin? Yesterday as I took the kids to get their flu shots I had the impression "Samantha has anxiety." As I received this impression I was given the gift of empathy.  I felt great patience and love for her. I felt that she was sick and now I have a label to put on it. That now we can start treating the sickness instead of just guessing. I have been praying for this. I am so grateful to a Heavenly Father who listens and give us our desires, not always in our time but He gives then to us. I read a talk given by Elder Richard G. Scott of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles ( click here to read/listen/watch this talk) "The joyful news for anyone who desires to be rid of the consequen...