small things

today my class was on creation. i wanted to talk about how we are in the middle of our creation--a work in progress and how God makes us partners in creation--giving us the ability to create. so i grabbed some things from my house and set them on the table in my classroom. a fossil, some bread, a plant, an onion, some sea glass, a heart i carved out of stone... and we talked about each one. my class went a lot better than the time before. first of all i decided to focus on re-enforcing positive actions instead of focusing on problems. and second of all i introduced the idea of doing a ritual where we leave the world of distraction and cell phones.

anyway i hope it was a meaningful class.

after church mohammad and i talked a little abut creation out of nothing and creation out of something. but not so much because we believe a little differently on these things and mohammaddidn't want to 'get into it' if you know what i mean. 

i ate some old pot stickers i found in the freezer.

had chats with h although she was pulled away to help pull a boulder out of the driveway, but she returned and we kept talking right up until it was time to leave for stake choir.

it was our last full practice and it feels like we need more. i was still losing my way a little in the thick of some moments and in the pull of other's voices. but mom and i can practice during the week, as we do.

today the after choir treat was double chocolate cookies. the fog was so thick as we drove home.

mom and i ate supper and watched pictures in her frame and shared some chocolate peanut butter ice cream. we rounded out our evening with some games of boggle. mom is getting quite skilled. sometimes it feels like the more you play, the more you forget how to spell. is this a real word? we would ask each other.  and you hope to get away with parsel instead of parcel. but once in a while you luck out and your word is a real word--not that you had any idea of the definition.

i read some old blogs that i had up because of my lesson. mei-mei tried to dig under me to reach her toy that i was laying on.

these are the small things of my day.