July 7, 2016
We've been home for just over two months now. It seems like yesterday that we drove into the lane at 3200 N. Morgan Valley Drive. The time has flown by. Of course there has been a lot to do. The house needed to be made our own again. The yard had to be claimed back from mother nature, and we needed time with our family. It has been good to be home. I have loved sleeping in my own bed, having a new bathroom, new lights and switches throughout the house and a newly painted bedroom. I love being here.
The adjustment has been interesting. I thought we would get back to normal (normal being like it was before we went to Vermont) but it has been different than I thought. We have worked really hard; the yard is beautiful now and the house comfortable, but I miss so much of Vermont and the Joseph Smith Birthplace.
I miss the other missionaries that became our dear friends; I miss the the South Royalton Ward members and I miss the visitors that came to see this amazing monument to our loved Prophet of the Restoration.
I miss LDS lane early in the morning.
I miss the different views of the monument as I would take my early morning walks.
I miss taking the golf cart to the Solomon Mack foundation ruins. This is Roger's favorite part of the tour.
This is the Solomon Mack ruin.
I will probably miss the beauty of the ice coming from the cracks in the cliffs of granite along highway 110 in Tunbridge.
We loved to take Sunday drives. We especially loved highway 110 in Tunbridge. This barn was one of Roger's favorites. If he had the money he would build a Vermont barn in our yard.
This beautiful flower is a cabbage. I love the flowers at the Memorial.
More than anything I will miss seeing this beautiful monument everyday. The spirit that dwells in and about this site is real. I love the fact that all who come can feel this spirit and comment on it.
I love the fact that I learned so much about myself, about Joseph Smith, about his mother Lucy Mack, and I found that I am tied to them through my Savior Jesus Christ and His church on this earth. Every time I see this monument the love of God will come through to my heart. I know God lives; I know he loves me; I know he hears and answers my prayers; I know His son is my Redeemer and that some day I will bow at his feet and express my love for Him.
