Helen Comments

Myrna wrote: Sorry, Helen, about not answering. Tim said that he had given the addresses to you over the phone. We have been doing to much else and not enough of this. Love, M


Helen wrote:

Beloved Sister: thank you for the e-mail. Yes Tim did give me the addresses. You will be leaving tomorrow- pray all goes well, and the wonderment of spending time with your loved ones. Thank you and Tim so much for coming this last Monday- Myrna, you and I spoke about the devotional on making time and space in a very and increasingly noisey world and Satan's part in all of that to keep us so distracted we can't hear the Still Small Voice. I didn't write down the web site for it nor the full name of the Brother doing the presenting. However, In yesterday's( 30th April 2009) Mormon Times there is a very good article on page M2 by Joseph A. Cannon, "Reverence" that presents the same idea. I am going to locate the talk he refers to of Elder Packer's, in the November 1991 Ensign, for my own continued pondering.

You will be gone for Mother's Day- your card will be at your home when you return. Do have a very Special Mother's Day to a very special mother and sister. Love you both and very safe travels.
Love your Sister--Helen

Money

Myrna wrote: Barbara, thanks for the phone call alert. I will deposit $1,000 in David's checking account in the morning. It is the fastest way to get it to you all. I DO NOT WANT TO BE REPAID!!!!!!! Ever!!!! "What man, when his son needs bread gives him a stone?" We have told David, repeatedly and ad nauseum, that we never did want to be repaid the money for the move. It is a gift. Consider it a birthday gift, or something. The moving money is a gift and this money is a gift.

As for that thing about not being a very good friend--Pooh Bear! I think you are fine. So there!

I have been worried about two things, one, how you are ever going to pay all those bills, and two, if Koda is going to sweat to death. He has so much fur and it is getting so warm so fast. I worry about him. Back to the bills, it is hard times in the USA. I think being a young couple with children and medical bills is a daily challenge. If Bree doesn't worry too much, she will probably get better faster.

Love, M


Barbara wrote: I love you so much.  I did not tell Bree and David that I asked, so they are in shock.  Please don't tell them.  David thinks you're psychic - which you are, but he can continue to be amazed.  You have no idea what a relief this is.  Thank you so much.

I love you and am so glad I am part of your family.
Barbara


Myrna wrote: Well, LHT and I are a bit psychic. We had been worrying but had done nothing about it. We were going to wait until we knew for certain they had found a place, etc. We needed an assistant in the magic. Thanks, assistant.

I am glad you are part of my family, as well. I do love you, all of you!

David insists that he will pay us back in monthly installments. However, Leonard and I each talked to him and told him that we did not know how that would ever be possible. Nevertheless, he is a proud man and likes to be the bread-winner for his family. He is thinking of this as a needed loan. He is working hard to provide for his family and I think that all will be well in the future. Hard work usually pays off.

Now we are in a position to help. As we age, that may not always be a possibility. However, as we grow older our children also grow older and they will each be able to take care of themselves and their families. They will be doing for them in the future and that will be good. It will be pass along time.

Dear Family

Myrna wrote: We will be leaving for the great state of Colorado on Saturday. Poor Julie still has more painting to do but they are going to Idaho on Friday. They are getting stone for their fireplaces from the same place that Jim's dad got his.

I guess you can call me at Kirsten's.

Love, M

Kirsten wrote: NO!  Absolutely not!  No one may call her here, EVER!!!!!  Nor email her at our email address either!  No one is to know that she and dad are secretly hiding out, pretending to watch our kids just so she can get out of doing the Mona city council meetings...  I mean, really.  Mom, you just about blew your cover.  What were you thinking?!

Just kidding.  Jared and I leave on Thursday, May 7 and are back on Tuesday morning, May 19.  So, if you get a panicked call from Mom it's because she is watching two precocious boys under the age of three who have a knack for getting into things and (while she has done this many times before) she doesn't quite know how to handle them along with the big sisters telling her what to do every minute of the day ("That's NOT how my mom does it...), then please answer the phone and lend her much-needed moral support.  I won't be answering mine (phone that is).  *wink*  And I don't want to hear about how anyone of my kiddos was shut up in a box by an older kiddo while we, the parents, were away touring the country...

Seriously, THANK You, Mom and Dad for taking time away from your real lives to come and save mine and play with my kids.  Ryan keeps praying that you will be safe (notice, he doesn't pray for his own mom and dad, just grandma and grandpa), and the girls have a count down for your arrival!  We love you and hope the roads are smooth and dry for your drive here.  

love, Kirsten