Our Family Tree

For the last little while, thanks to a couple of friends I have gotten into family history- and it has been really fun for me.  Family history is something that has always intrigued me, and I like to think that for that little bit of time I spend doing research I am an investigator..... :)  I enjoy puzzles and I  like learning stories about my family.  Like the one when a little boy in my family line was carried off by gypsies and his little sister ran to tell his mother.  She of coarse was horrified to find her son missing, and ran to get the local constable.  A few miles out of the town where they lived they caught up to this gypsy caravan to find that the little boy was indeed with them.  His captors had put a blindfold over his eyes with walnut shells covering his eyes- however they had also put beetles in the walnut shells to bite and infect the eyes of this little boy, so he could not recognize his mother when she came.  Weird stuff!

I have another distant relative that was lying in bed on night with his wife, when lightening came in through the window and killed him in his bed.

There have been several stories that I have found out along the way- I have enjoyed finding things out about my family, but it has also been some hard work to find these relatives.  I want to know where I come from, and in doing so I have been excited to learn more about myself.  In this process I have had to go back several generations to find out where I come from.----

The family tree for my spirit is not long at all, in fact I only need to go back to my parents to find out where I come from.  I am a child of God!  When I think about the fact that we are literal daughters of God- - wow!!!  There is a lot of power, and responsibility that comes with that.... It is also very exciting!  We are daughters of GOD!!!  Remembering this is the challenge.......

"Consider the power of the idea taught in our beloved song 'I am a Child of God' ..... Here is the answer to one of life's greatest questions, 'Who am I?'  I am a child of God with a spirit lineage to heavenly parents.  That parentage defines our eternal potential.  That powerful idea is a potent antidepressant.  It can strengthen each of us to make righteous choices and to seek the best that is within us.  Establish in the mind of a person the powerful idea that he or she is a child of God, and you have given self-respect and motivation to move against the problems of life"    -Dallin H. Oaks

So how can we remember our spiritual lineage- and really remember who we are and where we come from??

How can we help each other to remember this important fact?