lately, i have thought about this beautiful little girl.
she is happy, kind, caring, excited, smart, and loving.
right before i go to sleep, i lean over and kiss her (which is easy because she insists on sleeping in my bed), and i say, "I love you." she then does the exact same thing to me in return. for some reason, it surprises me every time and i love it.
it is beautiful.
my mom and my grandma used to say,
BEAUTY IS AS BEAUTY DOES.
at first i didn't get it.
but now i do.
my goal lately has been to teach vivian to be beautiful through her choices.
this girl LOVES beautiful things. dresses, lip stick, sparkles, princesses--so when she got frustrated with a girl in her playgroup and hit her...a few times, i decided to focus on beautiful choices. i still tell her she looks lovely, but i want her to recognize that what we DO and SAY can be beautiful too.
a few tween girls put on a little princess camp and when i picked her up the first thing she said to me was, "i didn't hit at princess camp!"
i knew we had arrived when i heard her playing with toys and in a small, but sophisticated voice one toy said to the other, "that was a beautiful choice."
this is a beautiful world.
so glad we get to be a part of it.
we believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous,
and in doing good to all men;
indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul-
we believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured
many things, and hope to be able to endure all things.
if there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.
(13th article of faith)
