Hey, tomorrow is Valentine's Day! I have to decide what I'm gonna get Cool Apa. Ooh! Ooh! You need to see the valentines I started today:
Aren't they cute!? They are clay hearts! Can you guess which one is for Cool Apa? Hehe! Hopefully I'll finish them tomorrow, but with little Starlet still putting things in her mouth I'm not sure if they will get finished. (It's either she eats the clay OR smears it everywhere.) SO pleased! I'm excited to make the others and bake them!
The biggest thing I wanted to share today was this:
The first time I saw Lindsey Stirling, I thought her whole act was a little silly. "Dancing while playing the violin......... Oooooooook?" But she grew on me and I am pleased to say I am a Lindsey Stirling fan. Her music is clean, her videos are clean, and she is VERY artistic. This video is no exception: the dancing's snappy, the special effects are outstanding, and the music is catchy. I also like it because of the story it tells me:
The violin girl and the world she lives in came into existence thanks to a higher power, the fortune teller. She slowly figures out who she is and what she's doing there, but it isn't until the stars align that she gets a glimpse at the fortune teller. Right at that instant, she watches the fortune teller playing the violin, creating music like she does! Then she seems to remember where she came from, how she was created, and realizes she's been creating music like her creator does! That's when the song reaches it's climax in choreography and music. The violin girl knows where she came from, who her higher power is, and what kind of life she will create. This really resonates with me in the following ways:
Each of our spirits was born to our Heavenly Father who raised us, loved us, nurtured us, taught us, and prepared us for this life. We came to earth born to earthly, mortal parents with a veil, a covering of our memory, to see if we would act on faith and use our agency to obey Father and do whatever it takes to get back to Him. I think that when the "stars align," meaning our hearts and spirits are in-tune to Heavenly Father's will and the Holy Ghost, we receive glimpses of our Creator and who we truly were/are/always have been! We also realize what kind of life we can give to our Creator on our way back to Him.
This idea of creating a beautiful gift for Father out of our lives is wonderfully expressed in the Mormon musical Trail of Dreams. The main character, right before he passes away, talks to the angel escorting him from mortal life. He realizes that all of our dreams come true and says, "God simply asks, 'What do you want?'" The angel says, "And we simply answer with our lives."
The violin girl plays and dances a spectacular scene for her life. Something interesting, however, is that she creates music, just as her creator does. Her life is doing something similar to what her higher power does!
My Heavenly Father has is the greatest being in the universe. He is all powerful and all-knowing, and yet He focuses on being a father. His greatest glory is me! It's you! It's all His children! In this life, we tell him what we want in the next by making something of our life.
With this life, I want to inspire people and make them feel good. I want to be a mother and nurture my children and those around me so that they can have the confidence they need to live their own lives. I want to be with the people who matter most: my family. I have faith that I will get that desire in this life and in the next.
From hearts to deep what's in my heart! Ha!
-Cool Mamma
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