Spencer

I know, I know- it is supposed to be wordless Wednesday but I just couldn't help myself.

Spencer is celebrating his tenth birthday in just a few days and I really can't believe it! I am so grateful to have this little boy in my life. He is such a good kid- so loving and thoughtful and kind. Oh, he can't be a stinker, don't get me wrong but he really is a tenderhearted child... and I love that!

Shortly after Robert and I were married I was called to serve in the Young Women's organization in our Ward. It was a fun calling becasue I wasn't much oldder than the girls I was teaching. I remember one Mother's day I was asked to give the combined lesson in Young Women's on Motherhood. I thought that was strange since I was the only member of the Presidency who was NOT a mom. But I did it and I am here to tell you that that assignment changed everything.

At that point in my life I had a plan: finish school, work for a few years, buy a house, settle down, start a family. It was a nice, neat, totally organized plan. It was what I had always imagined would happen. BUT I gave the lesson and in preparing for it my heart was softened. I knew with out a doubt that God had something different in mind for me. Not that my plan was bad but that His plan was better. When I gave the lesson that Mother's Day I sobbed the whole way through- I don't think the girls got a thing from it but when I was done I knew that I needed prepare myself to be a mom a lot sooner than I had originally anticipated.

Exactly one year and one day later on May 11th 1999 Spencer was born! What a blessing!!

I have often wondered over the years, did it really matter that he was born when he was? Would it really have made a difference if I had followed my plan and waited a few more years to have children? Well, I guess time has answered that question for me- for variuous reasons over the the last 4 1/2 years we have not been able to have another baby. You see, if I had waited like I had planned I might not ever have known the joy of Motherhood. I might have missed the opperutnity to raise Spencer and Ross. I guess God knows what he is doing afterall.

Anyway, I am grateful for this little boy in my life. I know he is here in our family, right now for a reason. I know that he has something speical to give and something important to learn. I am grateful to be a part of helping him become who God needs him to be. Being his momis a great joy and a blessing!