{poignant} moments

The moment when you open this email {and then the phone battery dies :) }:

and realize that thanks to this, you now will have a place to visit and remember {not that you really needed a reminder . . . }

Her name should be on there sometime in the next few months . . .

{Celebration of Life Monument}, via

good things . . .

- listening to Creedence Clearwater Revival because it reminds me of Mom

- upon further reflection: realizing I still won't listen to the Moody Blues - no matter how much I miss her :)  (I'm pretty sure she's laughing at me right now. . .)

- listening to Mormon Channel radio and having "Come Thou Fount" always play at just the right moment

- Auntie telling me she feels Mom around when talking to / helping me with something

- seeing a butterfly when I go out on the deck

- tortilla chips in the shape of Texas

- crossing something off my bucket list

- a 1,300 mile "toad rip" (we all know who to thank for that phrase . . .)

- faith in the Lord's timing

(and yes, my favorite conference talk is from a priesthood session)

- knowing that good things happen every day

Good books are like conference talks . . .

You know that feeling you get in General Conference where you feel like all the talks were written just for you and your struggles? Or when you're reading your scriptures and it "just happens" to be the perfect thing to read that day?

Well, good books are like conference talks. I've been reading Plato's Phaedo over the last few days and I just have to say that I've loved it. It was the perfect thing to read for all that has happened over the last {especially} 6 months.

Short version: Plato is recounting to his friend Phaedo a conversation that Socrates had (while in prison) with a few other philosophers regarding the afterlife and what happens to the soul.

You should read it, it's good stuff. {Warning: it's not exactly an easy read, but it's only 67 pages.}