Thinking of mom today and the talk I gave in church a couple of weeks ago came to mind. I can't believe that we've been without her now for 12 years. I love having her thoughts and perspectives on different topics, both gospel related and otherwise, through her journal. This is one of my favorites, and such a beautiful way to explain what sometimes can be thought of as a complex topic--testimony. Love and miss you mom.
"We are all different. Your testimony, though it comes from the same source, will not be exactly the same as someone else’s. We all perceive individually. From my experience, we are given what we can understand and what we are willing to receive. And what we are given is difficult, if not impossible, to describe. When you hear others bearing their “testimony,” it may or may not have meaning for you...The principles are unchanging, but the manifestation of truth has as many different means as there are people on earth...This idea of testimony once seemed complicated to me and now seems much simpler. Sometimes, it seems as simple as gratitude--the ability to acknowledge divine purpose and order in all creation with a full and thankful heart--the joy of being alive, running, swimming, seeing, hearing, loving--the joy of seashells and stones, of colored fruit from the brown earth--rainbows in the air.”
This blog is dedicated to my mother, MaryJane Davidson Hawkes (1941-2001). A gifted writer with a keen intellect, an endless curiosity, and a deep love for people, Mom could've been anything. She chose to be a mother. She raised eight children and touched the lives of many others, often in simple ways: a telephone call, a shoulder to cry on, a loaf of homemade bread. In sharing some of her words and insights here, I hope she can continue to uplift and inspire. We love and miss you, Mom.
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I've struggled for a long time as to how best to organize and present aspects of my mother's life and writings. Lest I make "the perfect the enemy of the good," I've decided to simply share random bits of her own writing, unedited (in the context of each selection) and without much commentary, letting the reader draw his or her own conclusions. I plan to treat it a bit like her own blog, had she lived to write one.
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I miss your mother so much. Mary Jane was probably my favorite cousin. I always enjoyed being around her. I remember receiving letters from her when she was serving her mission. She was & is a great example for me.
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