We will take the good with the bad...........

10 days before Sage passed away Uncle Royal came over late one evening to hang out. He insisted that I gather all my kids together so he could take a cell phone picture. I honestly was a little annoyed with Royal. It was late at night, they all looked homeless in their mismatched jammies, Sage had food all over his face and it was just a cell phone picture. Those never turn out that great anyways! Uncle Royal insisted, so I gave in and gathered up the kids for a picture. Who knew at the time that this would be one of our last pictures of all 5 kids together. A picture of an ordinary day at our house. I am so thankful I grabbed my camera and took some pictures! I treasure these pictures.

The point of this story is.......your children don't always have to look a certain way to take the opportunity to take some picture's. Death teaches you that everyday we have here on this earth is a special occasion. You never know when your last ordinary day will be your last day on this earth. We all need to live our life for our ordinary days! Live life to the fullest each day and make them count!


Uncle Royal comes by almost every day to come see his boys and his little princess Jay Jay! Royal is helping keep me company and lets me talk about the pain we feel from losing Sage. Royal is working hard at getting himself ready for the blessings of the Temple and marriage someday. I don't think he would be making these huge changes in his life if Sage had not passed away. Sages life has touched him for good. It is so hard to loose a child but, it is such another blessing to see my brother coming back to the gospel. I am so proud of my brother and it makes this loss so much sweeter to bare when you see changes in people for the better. I love you Royal! One day I will see you be married to some lucky gal for time and all eternity and what a beautiful day that will be.