Dream Come True

          I am in charge of the 14-15 year young women at church.  We started a tradition to kidnap the new girls in our class by ripping them out of their bed, placing a pillow case on their head so they could not see where we were going, and taking them to breakfast.  Last Sunday, was another kidnapping.  This birthday girl brought the total to six girls in my class.  My compact car only holds four passengers and since the other leader was hosting our breakfast event, I was responsible to picking up all the girls.  The solution to my problem was to borrow the YW President’s mini van. 

            Once we had at the girls in the car, including the kidnapee, we drove around the neighborhood—trying to confuse the victim as to our whereabouts—we even went backwards up a few streets—don’t tell their moms.  I LOVED having the car full of giggling girls. 

            Some woman swear (even though they are not swearing women) that they will NEVER get a mini-van.   I secretly have always wanted to own a mini-van-and drive it around full of kids.  I guess this kids thing is what I want most—more than the van, but I’d love to be the typical Mormon Mom in a Mini-van!  So that was my first dream come true.

            After breakfast, I received a call from my friend asking for a favor.  She was going to be attending Ward Conferences with another congregation (she is in the Stake Young Women’s Presidency) and her husband was sick, so she asked if I would sit by her four children during sacrament meeting.  Not only did I get to drive a mini-van to church, but, I also got to wrangle four of my favorite kids during sacrament meeting!  Yes, to many moms this entertainment would not be something sought for, but I loved it!  Good thing I had my Mary Poppins bag with me!  I helped the oldest boy find and mark some scriptures, gave them pass-a-long cards with a picture of Jesus to help them focus, and I even got a letter from the youngest daughter—she folded a “hat” for her young brother to wear to deliver it to me at the end of the bench—she had written on the hat “mail man” (this little girl is world famous for being my pen pal J).  Sitting in sacrament meeting, quieting children, sharing scriptures to mark, and snuggling kids I love, my second dream came true. 

            Although not permanent, on Sunday, some of my dreams came true. 

     "While it may be true in some instances that our promised blessings will be fulfilled only in the eternities, it is also true that as we search, pray, and believe, we will often recognize things working together for our good in this life.....

     I appreciate wonderful young women and Young Women leaders, mothers and fathers, and good friends who strengthen one another. You are the angels that help Heavenly Father’s promises to be fulfilled in the lives of His beloved children."

            -Sister Susan W. Tanner,  LDS General Conference April 2004