Quilts & Green Jello

Notice the quilt in this picture with Bevan? It is a beautiful, soft, perfectly sized quilt. And I love it! Those reasons are all good reasons to love it but the real reason I love it is because it was given to me just a day after we got home from Primary Children's Hospital with Bevan and it was given to me by a lady in our ward who was fighting a battle with cancer. She was young- only 39 and had young children, but still she thought of us. My heart was touched and still is everytime I look at or cuddle under this blanket (and I probably cuddle under it as much as B does).

This morning Doug was listening to Elder Holland's talk from General Conference. I was totally touched by it. Take some time and listen to it or read it.

He talked about "Green jello and quilts" and how often those acts of service are made fun of, but they are the acts of service so quitely given. I used to think that the way the Relief Society always rushed in with food was silly- what good is it really. My husband can cook when I can't (and does most the cooking anyway)and there is always fast food or frozen food if needed. BUT, then came the day my heart was changed. We had come home from delivering our little Steven in the middle of the night. The next day was Monday. We were sad and over whelmed and lost. We knew we had 3 other children who needed us and we wanted to be there for them, but we weren't sure how to take care of ourselves, let alone them. Slowly throughout that day we received 3 different dinners. Food that we didn't really need- we would have figured something out. But, it was so nice not to have to figure it out. But the most important thing of all was as I answered the door and took the food from one sister (who had not been assigned or asked to bring it, she just showed up, as did all the sisters) I was taught the truth of food. Those kind people were not really trying to feed our bodies, they were trying to feed our souls. They couldn't feed our souls but they could feed our bodies and by feeding our bodies our souls were fed with love and comfort. We once had a Bishop who would say "Let us take care of your physical needs, we can do that. We can't take care of your spiritual needs but you can and when your physical needs are taken care of your spiritual needs are easier to fix." My heart still gets soft whenever I think of these experiences. I too am grateful for "quilts and green jello"!

Elder Holland said it perfectly:
As Jesus said to the Nephites, so say I today;
"Because of your faith; my joy is full."
"And when He said these words, he wept."

Primary Children's

Remember how I told you about the kids selling their toys to earn money for Primary Children's Hospital? Yesterday we took the kids to deliver the money. It was a great exprience for them. Here is the picture of them with their money and below is the letter we received from the volunteer services.



"Attached is the picture of the young philanthropists, so cute.

Thank you for this gift and for thinking of Primary Children's Medical Center.

I think you have done a great thing in teaching your children the importance of caring. It is a lesson that will serve them all of their lives.

Stella Narajowski
Volunteer Office
Primary Children's Medical Center"



As a disclaimer, I had nothing to do with them doing this. It was all Katie's idea and the rest gladly followed along. They are great kids!
When Bevan spent time at Primary Children's they were so good to the rest of us and gave the girls dolls and used those dolls to show the girls what kinds of tubes and things Bevan would have in his body. This was a great preparation for the girls so they were not scared when they saw him. Primary Chilren's is an amazing hospital!