Stay on the Path

My thoughts on Sister Wixom's talk "Stay on the Path"

I've spent 90% of my adult life serving in primary and all but about three months of that was in primary music. I've always had a soft spot in my life for primary children. I love the energy of the Sunbeams, even when they won't sit still or they run around the room. I love their off the wall remarks and I love when they hit the nail on the head when asked a "difficult" question and come up with a very simple answer (usually "love one another"). I know my husband loves teaching the primary kids. There is something very special about the under 12 set of kids that rings true about love and happiness. Some Sundays you wonder if you were just a glorified babysitter and then on others you think "I was able to reach Bobby today," and you do it with a fist pump in the air, a humble heart and a smile on your face.

"Parents, grandparents, neighbors, friends, Primary leaders—each of us can reach out to hold on to the children."
"No child needs to walk the path alone so long as we speak freely to our children of the plan of salvation."

As I have a child whose grasp on the Iron Rod is a bit weak, I have to thank all the leaders who have shared their testimony with him. It truly does take a village, I'm just glad I get to pick the people in my village ~smile~, to raise a child. And my constant prayer is that out there there is a grandparent, a parent, a child who will help my child grasp FIRMLY the Iron Rod once again. I'm doing my part as best I can and I just hope there is someone out there who will "reach out" and grab hold of my son.