Mother's Day, 11 May 2008

Come eat with us at the Indian Oven!! No more funny little tables but a real restaurant.











Thoughts on Mother's Day by Martin:

11 May 2008

Martin Peterson

It is a quiet, beautiful Sunday morning in Hyde Park, Utah. The green lawn is refreshing in concert with the pansies that Louise has in a planter on our patio. The apple trees are just starting to come out in bloom as is our neighbor’s pear tree. My radish and lettuce seeds and onion sets that I planted almost two weeks ago are up. I will likely plant the rest of our garden this week.

It is Mother’s Day. I have put the beef roast, carrots, and potatoes in a slow cooker for our supper. I have also made some brownies for us as well as to take to my folks this evening. I am so grateful for my mother and the mother of our children and our mother daughters. I consider myself to be very blessed to know that an unending eternal chain exists between those generations. I am eternally grateful to a loving God who made all of this possible.

I have gained so much from the women in my life. My mother taught me to work, to respect and work with others, and to have self-confidence. My sweet wife is a ray of sunshine in and outside of our home. I read today in the Church News that the word enthusiasm has a Greek root in entheos (in god) meaning “having God in us” or “being inspired by God”. Louise is the epitome of enthusiastic diligence. Our daughters (including Lindsey) are good mothers in every sense of the word and I am very proud of them.

Sheri Dew and Julie Beck, the current Relief Society president, are two women that I learn from every time I read their talks. Sister Dew spoke in the recent Women’s Conference at BYU on women’s influence for good. The five principles women need to understand are (1) Women have more influence that they think, (2) Righteous influence is a spiritual gift, (3) Having influence is not about elevating self but about lifting others, (4) It isn’t possible NOT to have influence, and (5) Women of God have influence that has no limit and no end. If I have the opportunity of sharing parting thoughts to a group of ThermoFisher employees, I am going to say that item #3 applies in the workplace and to my future activities.

My current work path is set. I signed and submitted an agreement this week. It is not yet public (Louise and our children’s families are the only ones that know) but June 30 is my last day. My work activities are becoming fewer all of the time so I saw a need this last Friday of a critical and rather visible project so I volunteered to head it up. I will be able to complete it by the time I leave. I believe an honest employee means an involved employee.

Other -- Well, I am prepared to teach my Gospel Doctrine class about Mosiah 7-11 (role of a seer, importance of remembering God in all that we do, and recognizing the blessings that come to us when we listen to the prophet). We will likely visit with Liz Allred this evening about what to see while we are in Paris with Steve’s family the first week of June. I spent yesterday teaching fifteen boy scouts about the Personal Management merit badge, mowing Berry Foster’s lawn (recovering from where he tore his quad muscle from his knee), and going to a community play with Louise.