45. Great granddaughter's baptism, and "What you think of you"
This afternoon we drove about 45 minutes north to go to the baptism of our oldest great granddaughter, Aiyona. It was really a wonderful feeling to see her be baptized, and to see the wonderful example she is to her 2 younger sisters. One of the quotes that the bishop made there was really worth remembering. He mentioned that she had had problems already in her life (her parents were divorced), but he said "Life is fair, in the eternal perspective." That is a comforting thought I want to always keep, when it seems life gives us more problems than we deserve. This is our darling Aiyona, when she was 9 months old. It has been a busy day baking bread to take to my visiting teaching ladies for Christmas, and getting ready for Christmas. I can honestly say we don't do elaborate things at Christmas, at this time in our lives, either with money or time. I know we spent many years raising our own children, and trying to make sure our many children