Thinking cap

Thinking Cap =
serious pondering.
I put fun toys on the floor
for Autumn to play
with and left the room
confident that she would be
entertained for hours while
I did the dishes. Yes, she
was entertained....AND
exteremely quiet! Not
sure what I would find
as I peeped my head around
the corner, thinking maybe
she feel asleep or was so
entertained that she was
quiet instead of sqealing as
she made discoveries. I didn't
find a child entertained by toys
nor did I find my child sleeping.
She was literally in all the paper
I left on the floor! She was far away
from where I placed her to play with
her toys! She was eating my sheer
white printer paper!
I rushed over to her to see
how much of the white mass she
had consumed and found. She had consumed
a fair amount! Well, now I clear the floor
of anything, BUT her toys.
Aren't we sometimes what like Autumn?
God gives us the wonderful blessings
of the gospel and we shy away for
something that looks more attractive
and fun? Instead of going to church,
we stay home to watch a T.V. show
that simply just puts us in a zone for
a while rather than filling our lamp
with a drop of oil? Instead of reading
our scriptures DAILY we find ourselves
too busy to read the scriptures, yet we find
later what looks like a more attractive
and interesting book to read?
Instead of rememering the roles our
Heavenly Father gave us as homemakers and
women, we settle for the worlds view of women's
roles which is merely to be attractive?
I thank my little girl for giving me some
insight as to maybe what I was missing
out on because instead of doing what
Heavenly Father asks me I choose an
alternative route, thinking it would make me
happy. When in reality, it only made me more
miserable trying to find happiness in something
that has only a little enjoyment rather than
lasting happiness.
Thanks for the small moments that I have
with you Autumn. These moments even
touch my rough heart.

Don't you just want to pinch those cheeks? :)