di-a-logue
noun
- 1.conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie
That's been a long dialogue between me and you,
except it's not really a dialogue since I am the only one talking.
except it's not really a dialogue since I am the only one talking.
I have been pondering lately why I blog, which, as it turns
out, is a rhetorical question since I already know the answer.
I recently read a powerful talk by Elder Ronald A. Rasband,
and his words were another confirmation of the questions I
already knew the answers to.
"It is important to remember the powerful counsel found in Deuteronomy:
"Keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes
have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days
of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons." (And daughters).
Generations are affected by the choices we make.
Share your testimony with your family; encourage them to remember
how they felt when they recognized the Spirit in their lives and to
record those feelings in journals and personal histories so that their
own words may, when needed,
bring to their remembrance how good the Lord has been to them.
Very often in my blogging journey, I've promoted, reviewed,
and announced certain products and goods.
and announced certain products and goods.
That was certainly fun, and my family was blessed in every way possible by
those opportunities, but in the past year
I have begun pulling back from that type of blogging.
I want to be more focused on storytelling and testimony building.
I think even the stupid one-paragraph blog posts with
only one photo is my effort in
only one photo is my effort in
helping build and strengthen my posterity for generations to come.
And if they "are affected by the choices I make,"
then I don't have a lot of time to be writing about stuff
that doesn't last, or stuff that doesn't strengthen
my Little Nies today and in the future.
I want to be able to remind them of the wonderful ups and downs
our family experiences while together on this earth.
If I were to die tomorrow, I would be heartbroken if my kids
looked through my blog and wondered why mom
took so many nerdy selfies.
before and after school photos, weddings,
photos of me pregnant, hard things, first dates,
carpooling, moving, and family photos.
Or that one time I wore that giant belt and pirate boots-- for reals,
these are important (and yes, sometimes trivial) but are
things that need to be recorded in the NieNie Dialogues.
XOXOXO
-Nie
Spiritual Enlightenment: Lest Thou Forget
