On the 3rd day before Christmas....

On the 3rd day before Christmas I  am grateful that Scott got to prepare and participate in doing his mother's temple work. Scott had a very hard time attending the temple to do a session because of all the sitting and dressing but he did prepare several family names that Hayden and I would go and take through the temple.   It was a great day when Scott could prepare his own Mother's name.  His mother had passed away in July of 2011 and it was nice that Scott was around to speak at her funeral.

A year later, Scott was anxious to have his mother's temple work done and to have all four of us participate in some way.  Hayden had just come home from his mission and it was a special family affair to go and have Hayden baptism HeartLee for their grandmother.  Scott was able to do the confirmation.   We all felt a deep peace and hope when we came out of the temple that Barbara, Scott's mother, was pleased that we had done that ordinance for her.  I might add that when we went to the temple that day it was amazing how many friends that Scott and met there.  He seemed to run into someone from every phase of his life.

Since Scott had a lot of family names that needed their work finished, he would tell me when I went to  the temple to do those that had been waiting the longest first.  So, by the accident,  his mother's endowment had not been finished.  The Friday that Scott was in the hospital and everything was up in the air about his health, I decided to go and finish her work.  I felt that I needed to do that for Scott and his mother.  It was the most peaceful and encouraging few hours that I had for a long time.  I went to help someone in their progression but it was I who left buoyed up and strengthened.  Also, I might add that I met several people in the temple that day that I knew. (Candy Hunt and Kim Owens to name a few).  What comfort they were able to offer to me.  I think about the tender mercy of the timing of the whole situation, that Scott was able to help with his mother's funeral and work and feel to thank my Father in Heaven.