Home

I had an epiphany last night as I was reading Kade and Tenley a story in their beds. I realized that it doesn't matter where we live or what is going on in the world around us. What really matters is what is going on inside of our home.
Home is our safe place, our happy place. A place where we learn to be better and do better. A place where there is love. A place where the spirit of Christ is. Home is a special place. No matter what happens outside our door, as long as we keep our home a happy place for us and our children, then we're going to be OK.
I've probably heard those things said before and believed them, but last night was one of those moments where that belief became knowledge and I can truly say now that I know that.

I love this quote by President Gordon B. Hinckley:

"Women who make a house a home make a far greater contribution to society than those who command large armies or stand at the head of impressive corporations. Who can put a price tag on the influence a mother has on her children, a grandmother on her posterity, or aunts and sisters on their extended family?

We cannot begin to measure or calculate the influence of women who, in their own ways, build stable family life and nurture for everlasting good the generations of the future. The decisions made by the women of this generation will be eternal in their consequences. May I suggest that the mothers today have no greater opportunity and no more serious challenge than to do all they can to strengthen the (home)."