-Wally

When we opened up his scriptures, there was a note addressed to my husband. It read, “Dad, how is it going? I appreciate all that you do for me and that your my father.”

His own spelling and followed by a drawing of himself, but to others would look like a sun. A simple drawing of a half circle to the bottom of the piece of paper and little lines coming from the top of the circle, which could be presumed to be sunrays, then eyes, nose and a big smile.

My son had a buzz type haircut so they weren’t sunrays to us, but oh the sunshine it brought into our lives and comfort. It is taped to a shelf in our bedroom under his last school photo which was sent to us by the photographer as we didn’t know it was picture day when they took his picture. The photographer apologized that he didn’t get this to us sooner. That is what ADHD does to a 15 1/2 year old boy, not all announcements get brought home.

The note must have been a seminary lesson assignment and came at the right time.

Yes. I think that the first principles have more power than we ever realize. Our activation of the principles should be more mature and effective over time. But the first principles are also the second principles. And the third.

In mortality, we never get beyond them.

Blessings,
Wally

-Wally