One of my favorite Disney movies is Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.  It might be that way 'cause in many ways I am like or can be like the Dwarf named Grumpy.  Just ask my kids or my wife if I can be Grumpy at times, but like the Dwarf Grumpy I am trying to be not so grumpy.  However, I'm diverting from my real thoughts.  In the movie the Dwarfs sings a song entitled "Heigh Ho: as to they head off to and from work each day.  Part of lyrics are as follows:

"We dig dig dig dig dig dig from early morn till night
We dig dig dig dig dig dig up everything in sight
We dig up diamonds by the score
A thousand rubies, sometimes more
But we don't know what we dig 'em for
We dig dig dig dig dig.

Heigh-ho, Heigh ho
Heigh-ho, Heigh ho
Heigh-ho
Its off to work we go."

My version goes something like this:

"We pack, pack, pack, pack, pack, pack from early morn till night
We  pack, pack, pack, pack, pack, pack everything in sight
We pack up clothes by the score
A thousand shoes,  sometimes more
But we don't know what we pack 'em for
We pack, pack, pack, pack, pack.

Heigh-ho, Heigh ho
Heigh-ho, Heigh ho
Heigh-ho
Its off to moving we go."

And so it has been every six months for the last four years as we move back and forth between Cedar City, Utah and Surprise, Arizona.  We pack up in time to unpack, get to know our grandchildren a little better and spend time with them and each of our children, then it is time to pack up and move again to start the cycle all over again.  Once again we are in the packing up cycle, but this time when we unpack it will be for eighteen months.  It is going to seem so strange to be in the same house (apartment) for more than six months, we may have to ask to move into a different apartment each six months so that we don't get out of the habit.

As I go from room to room each day I have to be careful to not trip over packed boxes, packed suit cases, and piles of this and piles of that.  At last I can see the end of the tunnel, the end of the month is not that far away and then we will be on our way to a great adventure and hopefully my "snow white" named Lorene won't discover that grumpy dwarf is her companion for the next eighteen months.

Well, it's time to go and think about what needs to be packed next.


 

This past week has been another roller coaster week.  However, I have learned as we exercise patience and wait for Him who can solve all our problems as He sees best.

Thursday started out great as we traveled to the Temple in St. George.  Before heading home we discovered that Lorene lost her pearl necklace.  After a couple of trips to the Security Office we left not knowing whether it would show up.  Calls on Friday were fruitless.  However, a call to St George on Saturday boosted Lorene's spirits as it has been found and is currently waiting in a safe.

Friday we headed up to Cove Fort about 75 miles from here with three of our grandchildren in tow.  Arriving about 60 minutes later to discover we were a week too early.  To take advantage of our trip up north we stopped in Beaver to visit a friend from San Bernardino that we have not seen in over a year.  While visiting we received a text from our daughter with a picture of a car remote with the key missing from the case.  Seems the key had fallen out of the case and would cost $175 to replace.  We hurried back to Cedar City to join the search for the lost key, and lo and behold I discovered behind the tire of a car in the parking lot where it had fallen.  Rushing to the locksmith I was able to get it fixed for $30.

Earlier we discovered one of our children was having major issues that seemed to be unsolvable.  It seems the harder we try to prepare ourselves for our mission, the more problems keep popping up.  This problem has taken some time to be addressed by those directly involved and at least for this moment there seems to be a path that can lessen the friction.

As we strive to be more patient we find that our problems are in deed solvable and are reminded that there is someone who loves us to help us see that there are always better days ahead.