A Timely Selection

As part of my calling, I select the hymns for sacrament meeting. I make an effort to prayerfully match the hymns with the theme of the meeting.  I was slightly embarrassed, however, on the morning Daylight Savings Time went in to effect this year.  Several ward members were arriving late and I had chosen “The Time Is Far Spent” as the opening hymn. 

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Ten Commandments

Recently I substituted for the CTR 5 teacher.  We were all sitting in the Primary room and our Primary president was giving a lesson about how the scriptures came to be. She held up each picture and asked the children about it.  When she held up a picture of the tablet with the Ten Commandments on it, she said, "And what is this one?"  From the middle of the room, a little voice said: "They are grave stones." 

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Too Much Info

While sharing family home evening with a family from the ward that has four boys, we were asking the 2-year-old, Quinn, if he was a boy or girl. He gave the correct answer.  Then we asked him about the people in the room and he responded correctly.  We asked about his parents and siblings, too—all of which he could identify correctly. When we got to grandpa he said, "boy" and when we asked about grandma, he said: “Old.”

Diana Hartgrove
Evansville, Indiana

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A Midsummer Day

I was excited when I realized that Midsummer Day would be on a Sunday. My husband Ron (who is our bishop) agreed when I told him that it was very appropriate to have it be Sunday. I added, "You know, the day with the most light..." He answered: "I was thinking of it being the longest day of the year!"

Mary-Rose McMullin
Raymond, Alberta, Canada

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It Has a Ring To It

Upon purchasing a new cell phone, I was delighted to find that I could program in ring tones .  The one I chose for my five returned-missionary sons was, "Book of Mormon Stories.”  As the first call I received from them rang out loud and clear, my 4-year-old grandson came running to me, yelling: "The Lamanites are calling, the Lamanites are calling!" 

Teresa Brower Timms

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Weighty Matters

Now that I'm a senior, my scriptures are in big print and the books are very heavy. They are almost too heavy for me to carry. When my 13-year-old grandson was visiting, I handed my scriptures to him and asked for a hand. He took hold of the handle of my scripture case and asked: "What you got in here, Gramma—the Golden Plates?"

Barb Michel
Cardston, Alberta, Canada

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More Than Meets the Eye

This past Father's day, we had a pot luck dinner after church was over.  Behind me was a little boy with his mother helping him with his plate.  He was checking out all the food, and stopped at one dish and said, "Mommy, what is that?  I know I love it!" 

Bull Swanson
Yoakum, Texas