Mothers Who Know

"Mothers who know" do less. They permit less of what will not bear good fruit eternally. They allow less media in their homes, less distraction, less activity that draws their children away from their home. Mothers who know are willing to live on less and consume less of the world’s goods in order to spend more time with their children—more time eating together, more time working together, more time reading together, more time talking, laughing, singing, and exemplifying. These mothers choose carefully and do not try to choose it all. Their goal is to prepare a rising generation of children who will take the gospel of Jesus Christ into the entire world. Their goal is to prepare future fathers and mothers who will be builders of the Lord’s kingdom for the next 50 years. That is influence; that is power." ~Julie Beck

Friday, July 31, 2009

What do people think of Utahns?

Ryan sent me this:

FORGET REDNECKS; THIS IS WHAT JEFF FOXWORTHY HAD TO SAY ABOUT UTAHNS!
If your local Dairy Queen is closed from September to May, you live in Utah .
If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance and they don't work there, you live in Utah
If you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you live in Utah .
If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed the wrong number, you live in Utah .
If 'vacation' means going anywhere south of Salt Lake City for the weekend, you live in Utah
If you measure distance in hours, you live in Utah
If you know several people who have hit a deer more than once, you live in Utah
If you have switched from 'heat' to 'A/C' and back again in the same day, you live in Utah
If you install security lights on your house and garage but leave both doors unlocked, you live in Utah
If you can drive 75 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching, you live in Utah
If you design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit, you live in Utah
If the speed limit on the highway is 75 mph -- you're going 80, and everyone is still passing you, you live in Utah
If driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow, you live in Utah
If you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and road construction, you live in Utah
If you find 10 degrees 'a little chilly' you live in Utah
If you actually understand these jokes and forward them to all your friends, you live in Utah .
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1 comment:

Marguerite said...

I guess now you know why I never get a chance to visit. I'm surprised it does not say if your child asks for a cold pop, you live in Utah.

August 31, 2009 at 4:44 PM

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