New Beginnings

Arise and Let Your Light Shine

The Mutual theme for this year is Let Your Light Shine. Tonight the Young Women had the annual New Beginnings program for the girls. One of the things I really liked that they did was to have each parent pick out  a flower that represented our daughter/s and then write up a brief paragraph describing why we felt that flower best described our daughter/s.

 Jade waiting for the program to begin

Celidah sitting with her friend

Ellie with her new Tubie Friend who had to have a sweater so she would not be cold...

For Celidah's flower I found a drawing offline I liked to use. The flower I chose for Celidah is the Pansy.

The Poppy was picked for Celidah because of her imagination. Dr. Seuss once said, "I like nonsense it wakes up the brains cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of the telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities." Celidah has an amazing imagination which will take her to amazing places one day.

This is a Rosebud I drew a while ago using watercolor and is also the same flower I picked for Jade.

The Rose Bud was chosen for Jade due to the simplicity and beauty. While the rose bud has yet to fully bloom, this flower is very pure and lovely. This flower represents Jade because she puts her soul into whatever skill she is working on learning. Jade does all she can to bring out the beauty, grace, and purity  found within. Through her determination, hard work, and perseverance, this drive will allow Jade the opportunity to become whatever she desires in life.