HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

On Mother's Day, I set my table with this china

in memory of my mother and to honor her.

This was her first set of china.

When she was first married (1938) she went to

work at the White Cafe in Winslow to get the money to

purchase this beautiful set. She put the 12 piece set

of china on lay away and worked until it was paid for.

My mother passed away last October at the age of 89.

She was a grand lady. She loved to cook and she

always set a beautiful table. The day before she died

she gave a dinner party and her table looked

beautiful and the food was excellent.

On this Mother's Day, I would like to honor

all woman by quoting from Matthew Cowley (a former

member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (1976).

"You sisters belong to the great sorority of saviorhood.

You may not hold the priesthood. Men are different, men

have to have something given to them to make them

saviors of men, but not mothers, not women.

You are born with an inherent right, an inherent authority

to be the saviors of human souls. You are the co-creators

with God of his children. Therefore, it is expected of you

by right divine that you be the saviors and the

regenerating force in the lives of God's

children here upon the earth."

Women are the crowning jewel of all God's creation.