Quinn's Birthday

Last Saturday, May 2nd, would have been Quinny's sixth birthday. Can you believe it? I can't! Naturally, I've been thinking about our little Quinn and how much my life has changed since then.

Quinn came here for such a short time but, she has really taught me more than I could imagine. Quinn taught me about faith; True Faith to believe in miracles.

Quinn taught me to rely completely on my Savior Jesus Christ.

Quinn taught me about the power of priesthood blessings. Quinn had several blessings all ending in "if it be thy will" and I was reassured after each blessing that everything would be ok. However, I've also learned that "ok" isn't always what I think it will be, but it IS always "ok".

Greg gave me a blessing at one time and in the blessing he blessed me to keep an eternal perspective. You would think that that would have been my clue, but it wasn't. It wasn't until she DID die that I knew I wasn't getting to take her home.

I always thought that if I am Faithful enough, I will receive a miracle. After she died I admit that I struggled, my faith wavered. Not about the truthfulness of the gospel, just that my blessings didn't come to past.

I realize that I am sharing some very personal thoughts, but I'm hoping that whoever reads this can learn, as I have, threw Quinn that life is eternal because of our Savior, Jesus Christ; we will live again, we will live with our Quinn and her blessings WILL come to pass, not in this life, but in the eternities. I am grateful for the gospel of Jesus Christ in my life. I am grateful to be a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I know that Pres. Thomas S. Monson is the prophet for our day. And this is my testimony.

At Quinn's first birthday, we made a duck cake like this and we've turned it into a tradition. Every year we make this duck cake and the kids help decorate it.

Quinn slept with two little ducks that looked like this, so that's why the duck cake.

Then we looked at Quinny's books.

And last year we started a new tradition to make leis out of Candy. The kids love it. We wear leis to remember Quinn because her middle name is Leialoha which means wreath of love and while she was here on earth, she encircled everyone around her to love. It's a nice tradition that we really enjoy.

These are my cute kids, Sunday morning. They got to wear their leis to church and eat them after church.