Mark's Favorite Quote of the Day, or Month or Year
"By profession I am a soldier and take pride in that fact. But I am prouder -- infinitely prouder -- to be a father. A soldier destroys in order to build; the father only builds, never destroys. The one has the potentiality of death; the other embodies creation and life. And while the hordes of death are mighty, the battalions of life are mightier still. It is my hope that my son, when I am gone, will remember me not from the battle field but in the home repeating with him our simple daily prayer, 'Our Father Who Art in Heaven.'" - General Douglas MacArthur
15 March 2008. Mark in the field. Hyrum on spring break. Girls napping. Rebecca exhausted.
I told Hyrum to entertain himself while I took a nap, too. "Read, watch tv, do whatever you want, just don't burn the house down." When I woke up, I found him at the dining table creating stuff out of paper, tape, etc. "Thanks for entertaining yourself, how did you do?"
"Bless my heart," he said, "I was so bored."
RuthieSpeak, 22 March 2008
"My dad is going to be the new apostle and the new President." (Of the United States, that is.)
1 comment:
Hmmm...it looks like I-15 at rush hour. :)
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