Do you ever think about...

...why families are central to the Creator's plan? Do you ever think about why families are forever? Or why, as President David O. McKay once said,“No other success can compensate for failure in the home.” Or why the family, as the most fundamental unit of society, needs to be protected? I have really pondered these questions lately and have collected 8 answers (and a scrapbook layout!). Some seem silly and light-hearted, but they are the building blocks of our happy little family. Here they are in no particular order:


1. You always have someone to make silly faces with. If you can't be yourself with your family, who can you be?


2. You always have someone to hold your hand on your big day. Life is full of scary adventures and you never have to face one by yourself.



3. You always have someone to play with; you never have to be alone.



4. You always have someone to hug. It is amazing how a hug, from even the littlest one in the family, makes your day so much brighter.



5. You always have someone to read to you. Sometimes in life we are too weary and just need someone to tell us a good story.



6. You always have someone to kiss you. A kiss; such a simple gesture and yet it is full of so much love, so much kindness, so much compassion.



7. You always have someone to sleep with when you don't want to be alone. Some nights are just too frightening to be alone and you need someone there with you.



8. You always have someone to lead you when your path seems uncertain. Sometimes we falter along our path in life and we need someone to lead us to that next part where we find our way again.