Wastlund Family

 Garrett and I drove up to Provo for the weekend to spend a few days together and watch Kimball and Ben’s kids while they attended Kimball’s mission reunion. We were able to attend the local ward where we were staying and as I was sitting waiting for the meeting to begin I looked around at all of God’s children I don’t know. That is the reason I love to move, so I can get to know more people. I hope when we pass through the veil we will remember everyone and have so many friends to catch up with. I noticed an older couple with darker skin sitting, dressed so classy and full of the spirit.  The man got up and bore his testimony and said “This month marks 50 years since my wife and I were baptized. The first and second person baptized in Jamaica. He proceeded to share a wonderful testimony.  Kimball’s mission president was Jeffrey R. Hollands son. At the reunion they visited for a few hours and then had a devotional where he shared a story of him going to the cafeteria wher...

 Kimball sent this to our family tonight and my heart is full. I am blessed to be a mother, and I have such a wonderful life! “I realized something while watching "It's a Wonderful Life" recently. It was something I missed the first 3,317  or so times I watched it. That is, I think the hero of the story isn't George, it's Mary.  The movie starts off with Mary praying for God to be with George. Her prayer (and others) is the catalyst for the angel, Clarence, being sent to George. Mary is the one who sees the beauty of the old broken down house. "It's full of romance, that old place." George sees empty space; Mary sees a space that can be filled with a family's love.  That's why George kisses the broken banister knob in the end; he finally sees what Mary always saw in that house. Mary saw it on the day of their wedding. She was the one who transformed the house into a "honeymoon suite." Of course, that happened after she had the idea ...