Snow White, Snow White, or Snow White?

                   

Snow White sure has something going on; hot commodity that girl is, no wonder the Queen wanted her gone!  Last year ABC brought its viewers the town of Storybrooke and it’s, forgotten to themselves, characters in Once Upon a Time. Heading up the pack Emma Swon finds herself tied, by her estranged son, to the town and his ideas that his adoptive mother is the wicked Queen who has magic-ed the world of fairy tales to the world where no one has a happy ending.  Emma, having forgotten that she is Snow White, is the only one who can bring everyone to themselves and defeat the wicked Queen; season 2 is scheduled to air October 2012. While Snow has been on break in Storybrooke she got to tell her story twice more in, Mirror Mirror and Snow White and the Huntsman. The Huntsman seemed to have stolen the thunder of Queen Julia Roberts this last Spring; which I understand was a boring flop.  While I haven’t met the seven dwarfs Ms. White runs into while escaping the Huntsman I did meet the charming seven who take her in before the mirror betrays her still living. In this account we get to see Charming in his all-togethers, oh my (woopsies, wrong story)! This comedy is well worth your time, will bring you some laughter, and will certainly give the Queen a little happiness in knowing that she gets a little more face time, even if it is thanks only to Snow White!

flip-flop or not?

out of the mouth of babes did revelation from heaven come. 

I scurried about the bathroom and my bedroom readying myself to attend church meetings; thoughts of make-up, hair, and clothing at the front of my mind.  While in this revere I considered slightly more my choice of shoes for the day; a pair of sandal crocs, cute ones, which I count myself happy to have.  Incredibly comfortable and behooving (no pun intended) to wear, like milk for the body, does a foot good!  Quickly, the words of  Elder Holland from 2005 entered my mind.   

“I make a special appeal regarding how young women might dress for Church services and Sabbath worship. We used to speak of “best dress” or “Sunday dress,” and maybe we should do so again. In any case, from ancient times to modern we have always been invited to present our best selves inside and out when entering the house of the Lord—and a dedicated LDS chapel is a “house of the Lord. Our clothing or footwear need never be expensive, indeed should not be expensive, but neither should it appear that we are on our way to the beach.” 

In a matter of 10 seconds the following thought process proceeded.  In a non-flimsy-rubber sole, flat or with heal, a strap between big toe and its neighbor, possible bling or flower adorn, qualify a shoe as Sunday dress or just a fancier flip-flop? Were these fancier flip-flops invented before 2005 or had Satan introduced these just about the same time as Elder Holland, servant of Jesus Christ, reminded us of our Sunday best.  Are these shoes a tool of Satan?! Just like the camel who wanted only his toe (no shoe I imagine) to enter the tent in the sand storm and before long the whole camel crowded out the master,?! Has Satan started inching his way in by flip-flop foolery?! I have no idea! I will wear my brown ones and not my brighter teal ones, more subdued, and I will be off to church! 

Just as the closing prayer for sacrament meeting was to begin a young man of 3, I suppose, bowed his beautiful blonde head toward the floor and said without reservation, “NO FLI-FLOPS IN CHURCH!” His mother quickly gasped and grabbed this vesicle of knowledge with apology as I asked in amazement, “What did he just say?!” Just after the closing prayer she quickly turned and said that this morning her daughter, age 5ish, wanted to wear a particular pair of shoes, to which mother instructed that no flip-flops were to be worn in church. Thank heaven for mothers who follow the prophets and teach her children their cry and for little boys who listen, learn, and share in the best way they know how!   

for the beauty of the earth...

Oh how I love morning church! We had stake conference this weekend and were done with meetings at noon! An entire day to rest from the worries, cares, and responsibilities of daily life! My afternoon was spent exploring some hidden treasures just south of the St. Louis area. A covered bridge park, http://www.mostateparks.com/sandybridge.htm and a nearby tower to overlook some current fall color! I'm so blessed to have dear friends to share afternoons enjoying the beauty of the earth. Pictures are as close to jarring up my favorite things in life. I wish pictures could be "scratch and sniff" only better, "scratch and feel"! Hopefully these portray a bit of the feeling I felt!

This reminds me a bit of some art by Steven R. Greenwall, http://www.stevengreenwall.com/, a good family friend.

When we pulled into the "tower" park this reminded me of Germany or grandmas old property outside Atlanta, Georgia.