A house of mourning...

One of my favorite petitions 

given in the dedication of the Kirtland Ohio Temple 

in 1836 was to 

"establish a house, 

even 

a house of prayer,

a house of fasting, 

a house of faith, 

a house of learning, 

a house of glory,

a house of order, 

a house of God;"

(Thanks to LeAnna, Jessica, Connie, 

and anyone else who took these YW pictures)

Our beloved Young Womens Leaders were released yesterday 

and we have a new 

"house of" 

that's been established.

It's a house of mourning.

Oh how our girlie loved these women. 

Her heart is aching at the thought 

of not being blessed to spend girls camp and every 

Sunday and Wednesday in their company. 

She asked me last night 

what that tender quote was 

that speaks so genuinely about loving and grieving.

This is the quote.

"...grief is the natural by-product of love... 

The only way to avoid the grief 

would be to not experience the love; 

and it is love that gives life its richness and meaning."

-Lance B. Wickman

Our girlie will come to love again as more faithful, dedicated women 

have been called to carry on the work 

of helping families help the young women in our neighborhood 

understand their loving Heavenly Father's "vision of who they are, 

where they are going and what they are to achieve in this life." 

We've been through the mourning enough times to know 

that love will grow over time for the new leaders as well. 

But as for now, we have a house of mourning...