We've really had some special moments this week. I'm so glad we took some time to be in the moment!
I am so grateful for our family. We love being here and feeling the joy of being a Williams. We are so blessed! I found this quote online and thought of some of our conversations we've had this month. I think as moms we are all working on this, but it inspired me to be better about listening and remembering..."The biggest mistake I made [as a parent] is the one that most of us make. . . . I did not live in the moment enough. This is particularly clear now that the moment is gone, captured only in photographs. There is one picture of [my three children] sitting in the grass on a quilt in the shadow of the swing set on a summer day, ages six, four, and one. And I wish I could remember what we ate, and what we talked about, and how they sounded, and how they looked when they slept that night. I wish I had not been in such a hurry to get on to the next thing: dinner, bath, book, bed. I wish I had treasured the doing a little more and the getting it done a little less”(Loud and Clear [2004], 10–11).
This was written by Anna Quindlen. Elder Ballard quoted her in his talk Conference Sunday.
I love you all. Thanks for being such great examples as moms and helping me to be a better person. I love you! Val, thanks for setting the ultimate example for all of us. We love you!
