I've been saving this post for last. Sam got his patriarchal blessing. He is such a tender and sweet boy. He prepared with lots of scripture reading and prayer. I fasted for him the week before. We made sure we weren't late, and the Patriarch asked to chat with us for a minute before the blessing. He asked specifics about Jer and me but just talked to Sam about what the blessing is. I was reminded how Heavenly Father knows us so well. My blessing is specific to me and much of it has already happened in my life. Sam's was a very Sam blessing. Everything was directed just perfectly to him and was beautiful. There were two things that stood out to me. One was that Sam just started crying at a certain point in the blessing and afterwards he just broke down with happy tears. The patriarch said that he's had lots of people in tears, but it was the first time in 16 years that he'd had someone in tears over that part of the blessing. And it was so cute of Sam! The other thing was that one of the descriptor words that the patriarch used to describe Sam is one that I use in my head to describe him too. God knows His children.
Squinty into the sun before picture.
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