Comments on: GUEST POST: Emily Watts–Accomplishing Something

By: Jia

Jia — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 19:38:21 +0000

Oh wow, this just touches my heart. Mostly because I too love my mother in law who doesn’t always think the best of herself.

Great post Emily, I always love reading/listening to anything you have to say!

By: Emily M.

Emily M. — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:53:59 +0000

I love this post. It reminds me of several of President Packer’s talks, on the strength of the ordinary members of the Church. There is nobility in the ordinary life–thanks for the reminder.

By: Alice Wills Gold

Alice Wills Gold — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:19:05 +0000

Love it. Love it. love it.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 03:25:35 +0000

Great post, Emily! I’m so exhausted by doing “nothing all day.” This post was very good for me to hear this week. I appreciated your point of view. Sometimes “the quiet work of the world” seems very loud and chaotic to me. It’s nice to gain perspective.

By: Maddison

Maddison — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 02:14:22 +0000

I just have to say that this is such a lovely post, Emily. It is so nice to hear this love and praise for your mother-in-law, when as you pointed out, there is so much of the opposite flying around in today’s world. I really appreciate hearing about families that do well, that love one another, and have good things to say. The reason I can’t give an anecdote is because this is not the case with my family, but it does give me comfort that I have the chance of creating it with my family (husband and children vs. parents and siblings). Thank you.

By: m&m

m&m — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:05:47 +0000

I think one of the tests of motherhood is to trust that what we do matters. It’s not the type of ‘matters’ that we can measure, and that tests us in a long-haul kind of a way, especially as we live in an instant-information-and-gratification kind of culture. I don’t think we can be reminded of these things enough.

I also find that in the end, I have to learn to look to God for my recognition, because if I wait to be noticed for the unmeasurables, I am pretty miserable. That is something that life as a mother is teaching me. I don’t do what I do for the pats on the back…I do what I do because I know in my heart that this is where God wants me to be, and what He wants me to be doing.

Thanks for this post.

By: Kacy Faulconer

Kacy Faulconer — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:50:01 +0000

Thanks, Emily. I do “nothing” day in, day out. Also, a shout out to mothers in law who defy the mother-in-law stereo-type!

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By: Wendy

Wendy — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:38:57 +0000

This was beautiful–and my new mommy brain can’t think of anything else to say except thank you.

By: Kris

Kris — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:14:03 +0000

(On a side note, I listened to “How To Survive Your Greatest Blessings” on an airplane trip last year and just about peed my pants laughing. It was so good! The rest of the plane probably thought I was nuts but it made the flight bearable!)