White Hair and the Holy Ghost - Dec 2013

     The weekend before Christmas we went down to Heber Springs, Arkansas to celebrate Christmas with SuperDave's parents and most of his siblings. While we were all gathered around on Sunday morning and his parents were handing out gifts to the grandkids, Papa Doc started telling the kids about Jesus and his birth and the reason for the season. He started talking about what him and Meeshe have been up to this year, and the subject switched to being filled with the Holy Ghost. Papa Doc started asking the kids if they noticed a difference with him now that he had the Holy Ghost with him. Mason noticed his white hair and commented on it. Everyone laughed and Papa Doc (who Mason hung on every word) said, yeah, that's one way to tell... and then went on with the point to his story.
     Later that day on the way home Mason must have been pondering this for awhile because he mentioned it later in the car and said, "Grandpa is full of the Holy Ghost too because his hair has a lot of white in it." I asked him if only people with white hair have the Holy Ghost and he told me that I have some of the Holy Ghost with me because I have some white hair under my hair dye. Then we talked a little about how you get the gift of the Holy Ghost and what that meant...
     Today, I picked up our beagle mix dog (Ripley), cradled her like a baby, and walked into the sunroom where all the kids were sitting around talking. Mason walked up to me, started petting Ripley, pointed to her white fur and said, "Mom, Ripley's got some Holy Ghost in here too!"


     And on a completely unrelated topic, while I was typing this Mason announced that when he grows up he's going to be a lazy old grandpa. Love my family!

Happy New Year!


-Karen