Maybe, I am getting too old to give a dam. I have spent far too many years and shed too
many tears knowing I am not a good enough Mormon. I grew up in a morally challenged family. Yes, Momma and Daddy were married in the
temple but then they stopped attending church services. Momma always believed in the promises she
made to me, my father and my siblings at that alter in the temple.
It seems even though we date back to Nauvoo, we always have
to be rescued every generation,
re-herded to church attendance, but we always believe. In our family reunion, we have two
traditions. The first is the late-night
campfire, it is half A.A, Meeting and half family testimony meeting. The second
is the family meeting on Sunday. It is a
half talent show and half testimony meeting.
We mingle as one, the half that holds temple recommends, and
the half that holds an adult beverage.
We all sing “I Am Child of God” and deeply believe it. We are one family, we might fight each other
but we will never allow and an outsider to come between us.
About two weeks ago I was discovered by a group of family
members that I never imagined existed. I
was contacted by my son's siblings from his birth father. The thought never occurred to me that Alan
was married before him and Nancy. I
never even took the time to learn his last name, and now his ex-wife and children
have welcomed us into their family. What
a joy to have our family expanded. You can never have enough family.
I hope you are soon too old to give a dam. I hope you find and expand your family. I hope you find love and joy in life and in
living the kind of life Yashua Ben-Joseph (I.E. Jesus Christ his Christian
name) would have you live.
Nothing About Me is Mormon Anymore - Al Fox Carraway
