The power of Words

Just a little something I saw in a Deseret News article today. The story was on a young man from South Pasadena, Calif., who had started a No Cussing Club at his school. Whenever anyone tells you that words don't have any meaning, you can quote them the following:

“Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Watch your words, for they become actions.
Watch your actions, for they become habits.
Watch your habits, for they become character.
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.”

What's in YOUR bag?

Last night we attended the Woods Cross High School Choir concert to watch Markelle and all of the other amazing and talented choir students perform. Markelle is in the Concert Choir, and they are always last, which is the icing on the cake. What a beautiful sound Mr. H (Hendrickson) pulls out of these kids! After coming home, I was cleaning up for the night and moving laundry around when the phone rang. It was coming from the high school. Who would be calling at 10:00 p.m. from the school? A man on the other line asked if this was the Mordue home and if there was a Karen who lived there. Immediately I knew--I left my purse in the auditorium of the high school. The custodian was so nice and told me they would wait for me to run down to pick it up. As I'm driving down to the school, I am making a mental list of all the things in my purse. As you can imagine, a lot of it is very critical. But, oh my, a lot of it is also a little embarrassing. Here is an inventory of the contents of my purse (and I really hope the custodian didn't dig in too deep...):
3 bobby pins
2 hair bands
$1.70 in loose change at the bottom of my bag (including a gold dollar!)
2 sets of keys to 2 different cars
Post-it notes
1 earring (where is the match?)
3 pens (including a really awesome post-it note pen that writes like a DREAM!)
1 lipstick (Estee Lauder #117 Rose Tea)
lip gloss(Costco brand sun-kissed color)
cell phone
wallet (which contained my life: credit cards, driver's license, check book, library card, temple recommend, insurance card, cash & change, a tithing receipt, check book and a tampon that does not belong to me--my daughter threw it into my purse when we went somewhere together)
Barnes & Noble gift card
two checks: a paycheck and a reimbursement check from the church
a grocery list
a receipt from RC Willey for the chair I bought for Mother's Day/anniversary/Steve's Birthday
a bill for the North Canyon Swim & Tennis club (due May 15th if I want the 10 free guest passes--yippee)
coupons for Hallmark and Macy's
an envelope of receipts
a pocket full of "frequent buyer" cards from Cafe Rio, Costa Vida, yogurt stop, Yoasis, American Eagle, Keva Juice, Subway and Petsmart.

What does this say about my life? What's in YOUR purse/wallet?

P.S. One of my favorite scenes from one of my favorite movies (One Fine Day) is when the mom makes TWO halloween costumes out of the contents of her purse--amazing, the power of a mother's purse!