We had Stake Conference this weekend. Its always a nice weekend... no lessons to prepare, only 2 hours of meetings on Sunday, and adult session the night before w/o all the usual kid distractions... This weekend was super great for me. I don't think there was anything really different about it as compared to other Stake Conferences. Maybe I was in a better place in my heart.
The Stake temple night was on Friday. I spent the whole day rushing around making sure to have our Temple clothes ready to go, Gracie ready to be babysat (you know this takes some preparation), something for the sitter to eat for dinner, myself changed, the sitter pickup and debriefed, food packed for us to eat on the way, and Cori picked up from his office. Then we spent a frazzling chunk of the evening fighting the rush hour on the 405. Needless to say, by the time we got there I was a little unnerved. We only missed the first 15 minutes of the chapel session with our Stake and Temple Presidents. So I had a half of an hour to catch my breath. As we prepared for the endowment session, a blanket of relief and calm settled into the seat with me. I came away from the Temple that night so grateful. I felt more happy and self assured than I have felt in a little while. I know this is because of the time we spent with the Lord that night.
The Conference theme was on Temples. I sang in the Stake choir as well as a women's chorus. Cori is so sweet to support me in these choir endeavors every 6 months. Me being in choir = Cori being solo on Gracie duty. We had a sitter for the adult session, but he still had to do the 2 hour Gracithon on Sunday morning. Consequently, I got to sit in peace and quiet, sing, listen and ponder. I was able to look up the scriptures mentioned in the talks without worrying about curious little hands always anxious to tear pages. From where I sat I could look out over the congregation at all of our fellow Saints. From the music to the speakers to our theme, it was completely nourishing.
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