Draper Temple Dedication

My wonderful husband and I took our two oldest sons to the Draper Temple dedication today. I had vacillated all day about going. My two youngest children are sick and the baby (she is actually 2 and convinced she is a big girl - but will always be my baby) was up all night. I had really wanted to go and experience this with my boys but felt guilty about leaving my sick kids home with a friend. I finally decided to just do it. I made them promise not to cough or let snot come out of their nose. I tylenoled them up and dropped them off praying no one would notice they were sick. Well I did spend quite a bit of time worrying about them but other than that had a truly marvelous experience. We watched the dedication from our Stake Center. This is the third dedication I have been to. I watched the Navuoo, also from the stake center and then attended the Portland Temple in the temple. All three were very memorable experiences. President Monson related a story about LaGrand Richards attending the Salt Lake Temple dedication as a child and had shared the story with him. President Monson reminded the youth how they would always have this memory to share with their children and grandchildren. It made me reflect on my own childhood dedication experience. It was the Portland temple and I was about 13. My Dad was in the choir and got to stand right behind the prophet. The rest of my family were in sealing room 7 watching it on TV. I remember being impressed and making a commitment to come back to the temple when I was old enough. I hope my boys had a similar experience. The spirit was strong and reminded me how blessed I am to have had the opportunity to be sealed to my family, and that I can go to the temple whenever I want. It is a privilege I fear I take for granted.