Kiersley's First Talk In Primary

When a member of the Primary Presidency called and asked if K would give a talk, I wholeheartedly agreed. That is, until I found out what the topic was: "I think of the Savior when I take the Sacrament". Now, all of you seasoned moms can just roll your eyes at me. In fact, I'm rolling my eyes at me. Anyway since I've not worked in primary for a very long time, and never since I've had small children in primary before, I felt slightly panicked when I wondered how in the world I was going to explain to K about the doctrine of taking the Sacrament and all of the symbolism etc. Until my mom came to the rescue. She said, "Shawna, all you have to do is say things like...I think of Jesus getting baptised. I think of Jesus performing miracles."

Ooooooh! I can do that!!! It's a good thing I have so many positive roll models in this whole mothering experience or I think I would definitely lead my kids astray...not to mention giving the primary kids a little more information than they could handle.

So, back to Kiersley. We worked on her talk about a week before hand. She got to color a couple of pictures about taking the Sacrament. We used nine different pictures of the Sacrament and the Savior's life. We went to the church and practiced it so she would know exactly what was coming when she gave her talk. And let me just say...she did a great job (proud mommy moment). She remembered her whole talk and showed off each picture at the right time. Wow, she did a better job than I do on my talks!

It's times like these that I have a more clear view of our future. Most days are so busy with preparing food, doing laundry and keeping everyone happy (and not pounding on eachother) that I forget my children are growing up. When people talk about their kids being baptised or learning how to drive or going off to college, I always think "no, MY kids are never going to be that old!" And certainly I've heard many people talk about how time sneaks up on you. This is a concept I clearly understand because I feel like time has ALREADY snuck up on me. What? K's already FOUR??? I can't believe it!