Blessings Ever Present * The Emmas Awards

I took this photo and wasn't able to have it unobstructed by the light poles. The sky was really beautiful and I felt peaceful with the way the clouds and sun shined through. God, is the Artist, only his handiwork gives a sunset in progress of clouds with a silver lining. How symbolic.





It's time I added the rest of today's message about Emma and Relief Society. A tribute to Emma was read at the beginning of the program. Then another sister in the ward came out on a "red carpet". There was a mock of one with lights on each side of the red paper laid out like a carpet. The madam of ceremonies was dressed in an elegant ivory satin damask evening gown, (dress) and had a tribute written by the husbands and or family of each of the sisters in the ward. We each got to walk the "red carpet" while the M.C. read about us. She read each one and each of the sisters when their name was called, was honored and given a chocolate rose and the written tribute to keep.

It was a great mixer and easier way for me to get to know the names of the sisters and something about each one present. It was like introductions and I loved it. Candice and I went, so Aaron had written a few lines about us. Some of the brethren wrote on both sides of the index cards and some had a scant few words. Our's was somewhere in between short and sweet! Thank you, Aaron. It was everyone's night to shine. One lad y was really surprised that her husband had written something so sweet and tender about her.

It was a fun evening, and I looked forward to going and was glad I went. I took pictures afterward of the the portraits of Liz Lemon Swindle, local artist and well known photographs published of her work in the Ensign. The Activities Chair person is a personal friend of the artist and had several of her art work for display just for our activity. It was very nicely presented. A lot of time and effort was put into the whole evening with tracking down all the brethren, calling them and reminding them via phone calls and emails. That was no small undertaking and I can appreciate the time each one put into the success of it. My thanks to all those who made it all possible on the committee.