Today I had so many things I wanted to get done. I like mondays because its the start of a new week and I like getting things done, like the laundry that I didn't finish on Saturday. But that was all really short lived when Kaden woke up last night sick and throwing up. Needless to say I was up most of the night with my poor little baby who is horrid when it comes to being sick (well throwing up, that is). He hates it and tries so hard to not do it. At least he gives me enough time and notice to get him to the bathroom before it comes up. Anyways enough of that. So I didn't get much laundry done, more than I thought, considering. Most of it was dirty clothes from today and bed sheets. But my house did stay clean thru all this and I did get supper made and cleaned up while he watched his newest favorite show, Disney's Dinosaur. I should really take a picture of him watching it. He got 2 dinosaurs for Christmas and he always has to have one with him while watching the movie and he even sleeps with them too. Makes me chuckle. I hope tomorrow is a better day for him. I hate seeing my kids feeling so bad.
We had the opportunity to watch President Hinckley's funeral Saturday. What an amazing man he was. It is sad to see him gone but what a joyous reunion he would have had with his sweet wife and other family members. I was excited to hear today that Brother Uchtdorf was put in as one of the First Presidency. He will do such a good job and is an amazing man aswell. We had the oppertunity to hear him speak here in Magrath during Stake conference awhile back. He had such an amazing spirit about him.
Today I got an email that talked about the Hymn that President Hinckley wrote the words to and then Janice Kapp Perry wrote the music for a hymn using those words. It talks about the story that went along with that aswell, here is the story from the email.
Story Behind Hymn That Was Sung At President Hinckley's FuneralDuring President Hinckley’s funeral the Tabernacle Choir sang a hymn text written by President Hinckley which I set to music in December. I would like to share the story of it with you: Janice Kapp Perry
About two months before my niece Kathy Blacker died, on January 11, 2008, she found a three-verse poem by President Hinckley among her files. Although she was resigned to dying, she had some fears about the dying process and his words greatly comforted her—especially the second verse which descibed exactly what she was feeling. She wrote to Pres. Hinckley’s office to ask permission to have the poem printed on her funeral program, and she received a very nice letter from his secretary Don H. Staheli saying that President Hinckley gave his permission for her to do so. The letter also conveyed some very comforting words from Pres. Hinckley which were helpful to helpful to Kathy in her final weeks, and he said he would remember Kathy in his prayers.Then Kathy suggested that I write and ask permission to give the poem a hymn setting. I did so, and Brother Staheli conveyed President Hinckley’s permission for me to write the hymn. After offering some heartfelt prayers that I might be able to write appropriate music for his profoundly beautiful and moving text, I wrote the hymn setting and sent a copy to President Hinckley’s office for approval at the end of December. I received so immediate response.Kathy passed away January 11 and after her funeral I sent a copy of her funeral program to President Hinckley’s office so he could see how nicely his poem was displayed along side my brother Gary Kapp’s painting of Christ.
When I heard President Hinckley had passed away last Sunday night I was feeling a little sad to think I hadn’t received a letter with his official approval. But the very next day after his passing, the hoped-for letter arrived with his approval, his permission for me to publish it in a future volume of my series Inspirational New Hymns for Choir and Home, and leaving it to my discretion as to whether to submit it to the Church Music Division. The timing was so unusual and I was extremely grateful to receive the letter as a tender mercy in my life.Then on Monday afternoon Craig Jessop, Tabernacle Choir Director, heard about the hymn and had his office call me to obtain a copy of the hymn for consideration for President Hinckley’s funeral. On Tuesday, while travelling in California, I learned that the hymn would be performed by The Tabernacle Choir at President Hinckley’s funeral on Saturday.Having seen the great comfort this hymn brought to my niece who died just two weeks before President Hinckley passed away, my great desire is for people throughout the world to have a free copy of these magnificent words of President Hinckley to comfort them in times of the loss of loved ones. This is just one more way his influence could be felt down through time.
We had the opportunity to watch President Hinckley's funeral Saturday. What an amazing man he was. It is sad to see him gone but what a joyous reunion he would have had with his sweet wife and other family members. I was excited to hear today that Brother Uchtdorf was put in as one of the First Presidency. He will do such a good job and is an amazing man aswell. We had the oppertunity to hear him speak here in Magrath during Stake conference awhile back. He had such an amazing spirit about him.
Today I got an email that talked about the Hymn that President Hinckley wrote the words to and then Janice Kapp Perry wrote the music for a hymn using those words. It talks about the story that went along with that aswell, here is the story from the email.
Story Behind Hymn That Was Sung At President Hinckley's FuneralDuring President Hinckley’s funeral the Tabernacle Choir sang a hymn text written by President Hinckley which I set to music in December. I would like to share the story of it with you: Janice Kapp Perry
About two months before my niece Kathy Blacker died, on January 11, 2008, she found a three-verse poem by President Hinckley among her files. Although she was resigned to dying, she had some fears about the dying process and his words greatly comforted her—especially the second verse which descibed exactly what she was feeling. She wrote to Pres. Hinckley’s office to ask permission to have the poem printed on her funeral program, and she received a very nice letter from his secretary Don H. Staheli saying that President Hinckley gave his permission for her to do so. The letter also conveyed some very comforting words from Pres. Hinckley which were helpful to helpful to Kathy in her final weeks, and he said he would remember Kathy in his prayers.Then Kathy suggested that I write and ask permission to give the poem a hymn setting. I did so, and Brother Staheli conveyed President Hinckley’s permission for me to write the hymn. After offering some heartfelt prayers that I might be able to write appropriate music for his profoundly beautiful and moving text, I wrote the hymn setting and sent a copy to President Hinckley’s office for approval at the end of December. I received so immediate response.Kathy passed away January 11 and after her funeral I sent a copy of her funeral program to President Hinckley’s office so he could see how nicely his poem was displayed along side my brother Gary Kapp’s painting of Christ.
When I heard President Hinckley had passed away last Sunday night I was feeling a little sad to think I hadn’t received a letter with his official approval. But the very next day after his passing, the hoped-for letter arrived with his approval, his permission for me to publish it in a future volume of my series Inspirational New Hymns for Choir and Home, and leaving it to my discretion as to whether to submit it to the Church Music Division. The timing was so unusual and I was extremely grateful to receive the letter as a tender mercy in my life.Then on Monday afternoon Craig Jessop, Tabernacle Choir Director, heard about the hymn and had his office call me to obtain a copy of the hymn for consideration for President Hinckley’s funeral. On Tuesday, while travelling in California, I learned that the hymn would be performed by The Tabernacle Choir at President Hinckley’s funeral on Saturday.Having seen the great comfort this hymn brought to my niece who died just two weeks before President Hinckley passed away, my great desire is for people throughout the world to have a free copy of these magnificent words of President Hinckley to comfort them in times of the loss of loved ones. This is just one more way his influence could be felt down through time.
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