I have avoided blogging just because I feel I spend more than enough time staring at a computer screen and sitting in this chair than is necessary already. However, since I am starting a blog for business, I decided to start a blog just for me, and our family and for fun... So what to start with? Well, some thoughts from yesterday...
I have been attending a hearing impaired ward at church for years. There's an interpreter up front to communicate what the speakers are saying, or if one of the hearing impaired members are speaking, the interpreter will voice for him or her so those of us who don't sign can understand what is being said. Nothing really different from any other LDS church meeting on the planet....so you would think.
However, about three months ago we moved and have been attending a regular LDS ward, and yesterday we visited our old ward. During the sacrament, one of the young men was interpreting... well, it was slow and it was drawn out, it was amazing. I had been gone long enough to realize how much I miss that. The time to listen to every single word that is being said. The time to really focus on how you are feeling and to sit and think about what it means.... I miss the long, the drawn out, the slow, and the reverence that goes with it.
It really made me think about how many times with everything I do I start moving so fast I am missing it...missing the little things that make the regular everyday parts of life so special and so meaningful. The little things that help us learn and grow and the little things that make life special.
I am so grateful for Sundays....
