Giving In

I am a Bosch girl. I grew up with my mom mixing bread in a Bosch. After a few years of marriage, I began borrowing my mother-in-law's Bosch to mix up my own bread. Eventually, I grew up enough to have my very own Bosch Universal. The cookie dough hooks are, shall we say, off the hook. I love my Bosch. I love the power, and the bowl capacity and complete and even mixing. When all the newly engaged girls started registering for those KitchenAids in their rainbow of color options, I secretly felt a little sorry for them. They would never know the joy of true mixing. But then today, while at my sister-in-laws house, I used her Candy Apple Red Artisan 5-qt KitchenAid Stand mixer to whip up some frosting and I was in HEAVEN. The texture of the frosting--so fluffy and airy--was amazing. Oh my goodness, I have to have one. Scratch that. I think Steve needs to recieve one for either his birthday or Father's Day. After all, the goodies I make with it would be for him...a gift that will keep on giving! (and really, we all remember the set of golf clubs he bought me for my wedding gift. So sweet of him to have such confidence in my golfiing abilities!)

The Faith Fall

I was asked to help plan and prepare meals for 275 girls at Girls Camp this summer. We get to go to the beautiful Heber Valley Camp, and I am excited to be up there all week with Ashley and, hopefully, Madi. (She is hoping to have a job...) One of the many activities available to the girls at this camp is a Ropes Coarse, with different scenarios designed to build trust and faith. I think one of the hardest is The Faith Fall. This requires a person to stand high up on something with their back to their group, eyes closed, arms folded and to fall back into the waiting arms that are linked and ready to catch. It is always interesting to observe how some girls can get up to that high position and fall back without hesitation, while for others it is a struggle and the group has to patiently wait for them to gather up their courage to "just let go and fall back." I am always curious as to how I would feel...and was surprised to find out how unnerving it really was when I was given a turn. I like to be in charge of me. I think most of us like to be in charge of ourselves. It is how we are designed and how it should be. But we can't always be in charge, can we? As the bumper sticker states: Spit happens. And that is really when The Faith Fall happens in real life.

"It isn't as bad as you sometimes think it is. It all works out. Don't worry. I say that to myself every morning. It will all work out. If you do your best, it will all work out. Put your trust in God, and move forward with faith and confidence in the future. The Lord will not forsake us. He will not forsake us....If we will put our trust in Him, if we will pray to Him, if we will live worthy of His blessings, He will hear our prayers." ----President Gordon B. Hinckley